Nut

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See also: nut, NUT, nuť, nút, nût, and -nut

English

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Nut
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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Egyptian nwt (Nut, sky).

Proper noun

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Nut

  1. (Egyptian mythology) The goddess who serves as the personification of the sky.

Anagrams

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East Central German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German nōt, from Old High German nōt, from Proto-West Germanic *naudi.

Noun

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Nut f

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) need, imminence
  2. (Erzgebirgisch) necessity, poverty
  3. (Erzgebirgisch) emergency, crisis

Derived terms

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References

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  • Manfred Blechschmidt, Behüt eich fei dos Licht Ein Weihnachtsbuch des Erzgebirges P. 185
  • 1992 Karl Heinz Schmidt, Wie dr Schnoobl gewaschen is, P. 30
  • 1993 Hans Becher: "Das Lied vom Vugelbeerbaam und sein Dichter der Forstmeister August Max Schreyer." P. 23

German

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Etymology 1

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From Middle High German nuot, from Old High German nuot (groove), from the root of Proto-Germanic *hnōjaną (to smooth, join together), from Proto-Indo-European *kneh₂- (compare Ancient Greek κνάω (knáō, to scratch, scrape), whence English acnestis).

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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Nut f (genitive Nut, plural Nuten)

  1. groove, slit, slot; rabbet
    Synonym: Schlitz
  2. kerf
    Synonyms: Einschnitt, Kerbe, Schnittfuge, Fuge
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Etymology 2

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Proper noun

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Nut f

  1. (Egyptian mythology) Nut

See also

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Nut

Etymology

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Learned borrowing from New Latin Nut.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Nut f (indeclinable)

  1. (Egyptian mythology) Nut (ancient Egyptian goddess of the sky, stars, cosmos, mothers, astronomy, and the universe)

Further reading

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  • Nut in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Nut in PWN's encyclopedia