Nu
See also: Appendix:Variations of "nu"
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Egyptian nnw (“Nu, the primeval waters”).
Proper noun edit
Nu
- (Egyptian mythology) The god who serves as the personification of the primeval waters that existed before the world.
Etymology 2 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun edit
Nu
- one of the 56 ethnic groups recognized by the People's Republic of China.
Etymology 3 edit
Abbreviations.
Proper noun edit
Nu
- Abbreviation of Numbers. (a book in the Old Testament of the Bible)
- Alternative spelling of NU, Nunavut
Anagrams edit
German edit
Etymology edit
Substantivisation of nu (“now”), alternative form of nun (“now”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Nu n or m (indeclinable)
- Only used in im Nu (“immediately, in no time”)
Usage notes edit
The masculine gender is more recent. The noun has traditionally been used with the neuter gender.
Further reading edit
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- English terms borrowed from Egyptian
- English terms derived from Egyptian
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Egyptian deities
- English abbreviations
- German terms with audio links
- Rhymes:German/uː
- Rhymes:German/uː/1 syllable
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German neuter nouns
- German masculine nouns
- German nouns with multiple genders