nett
English edit
Adjective edit
nett (not comparable)
- (dated) Alternative spelling of net (remaining after expenses or deductions).
- nett price; nett weight
Usage notes edit
This spelling is more dated (i.e., has been out of use for longer) in the United States than in Commonwealth countries.
Noun edit
nett (plural netts)
Anagrams edit
Alemannic German edit
Etymology edit
From Lower Rhenish Late Middle High German nett, from Middle Dutch net (“neat, decent, pretty”), from Old French net (“neat, decent”), from Latin nitidus. Cognate with German nett.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
nett (comparative netter, superlative nettischt)
Declension edit
Declension of nett | |||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | ||
Weak inflection | nominative/accusative | netti | netti | netti | nette |
dative | nette | nette | nette | nette | |
Strong inflection | nominative/accusative | nette | netti | netts | netti |
dative | nette | nette | nette | nette |
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch net (“neat, decent, pretty”), from Old French net (“neat, decent”), from Latin nitidus. Compare English neat.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
nett (strong nominative masculine singular netter, comparative netter, superlative am nettesten)
- (of people) nice; friendly; likable
- (of people; deeds) kind; sweet; helpful
- (of things; situations) nice; okay; decent; often expressing a more reluctant praise
Declension edit
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist nett | sie ist nett | es ist nett | sie sind nett | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | netter | nette | nettes | nette |
genitive | netten | netter | netten | netter | |
dative | nettem | netter | nettem | netten | |
accusative | netten | nette | nettes | nette | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der nette | die nette | das nette | die netten |
genitive | des netten | der netten | des netten | der netten | |
dative | dem netten | der netten | dem netten | den netten | |
accusative | den netten | die nette | das nette | die netten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein netter | eine nette | ein nettes | (keine) netten |
genitive | eines netten | einer netten | eines netten | (keiner) netten | |
dative | einem netten | einer netten | einem netten | (keinen) netten | |
accusative | einen netten | eine nette | ein nettes | (keine) netten |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist netter | sie ist netter | es ist netter | sie sind netter | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | netterer | nettere | netteres | nettere |
genitive | netteren | netterer | netteren | netterer | |
dative | netterem | netterer | netterem | netteren | |
accusative | netteren | nettere | netteres | nettere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der nettere | die nettere | das nettere | die netteren |
genitive | des netteren | der netteren | des netteren | der netteren | |
dative | dem netteren | der netteren | dem netteren | den netteren | |
accusative | den netteren | die nettere | das nettere | die netteren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein netterer | eine nettere | ein netteres | (keine) netteren |
genitive | eines netteren | einer netteren | eines netteren | (keiner) netteren | |
dative | einem netteren | einer netteren | einem netteren | (keinen) netteren | |
accusative | einen netteren | eine nettere | ein netteres | (keine) netteren |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
Lombard edit
Etymology edit
Akin to Italian netto, from Latin nitidus.
Adjective edit
nett
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse net; compare with German Netz.
Noun edit
nett n (definite singular nettet, indefinite plural nett, definite plural netta or nettene)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “nett” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse net; compare with German Netz.
Noun edit
nett n (definite singular nettet, indefinite plural nett, definite plural netta)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “nett” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *nati.
Cognate with Old Frisian net, Old Saxon netti and fisknet, Old High German nezzi, Old Norse net, Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐍄𐌹 (nati). Perhaps related to Albanian neth (“sprout, bud”) and Russian нить (nitʹ, “thread”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nett n