German edit

Etymology edit

Shortened from earlier nebens, nebenst, nebest, from Middle Low German nēvens, nēvenst, derived from nēven, cognate of German neben (next to).[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /neːpst/
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Preposition edit

nebst (+ dative)

  1. (literary) besides; with; in addition to; accompanied by

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “nebst”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN

Further reading edit

  • nebst” in Duden online
  • nebst” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache