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Webster 1913 Edition


Noot

Noot

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See 1st
Not
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[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Definition 2024


Noot

Noot

See also: noot

German Low German

Noun

Noot f (plural Nööt)

  1. need, imminence
    Minschen in Noot — People in Need
  2. necessity, poverty
  3. emergency, crisis

noot

noot

See also: Noot

English

Pronoun

noot

  1. (Geordie) nothing

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /noːt/
  • (Belgium) IPA(key): [noːt]
  • (Netherlands) IPA(key): [noʊ̯t]
  • Rhymes: -oːt

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch note, from Old Dutch *nutu, from Proto-Germanic *hnuts, from Proto-Indo-European *knew-. Compare West Frisian nút, English nut, German Nuss, Danish nød, Swedish nöt.

Noun

noot f (plural noten, diminutive nootje n)

  1. nut

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch note, from Old French note, from Latin nota.

Noun

noot f (plural noten, diminutive nootje n)

  1. note (musical note)
  2. note (brief remark)
  3. note (a commentary or reference appended to a text)

Etymology 3

From Proto-Germanic *nautą (foredeal, profit, property, livestock).

Noun

noot n (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) cattle, livestock
  2. (archaic) cow, neat

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Scots

Pronoun

noot

  1. nothing

Usage notes

A hypercorrection of nowt, used generally by the younger generation.

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