nøtt

See also: nott, nótt, nött, and nőtt

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

nøtt f or m (definite singular nøtta or nøtten, indefinite plural nøtter, definite plural nøttene)

  1. a nut (hard-shelled fruit)
  2. (informal) nut (a person's head)

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • (non-standard since 2012) nòt
  • (non-standard since 2012) nate- (as first part in compounds)

Etymology

From Old Norse hnot, from Proto-Germanic *hnuts. Akin to English nut.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nœtː/

Noun

nøtt f (definite singular nøtta, indefinite plural nøtter, definite plural nøttene)

  1. a nut (hard-shelled fruit)
  2. (idiomatic) a hard task or riddle
  3. (informal) nut (person's head)

Inflection

Historical inflection of nøtt
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
19171, 2 ei nøtt nøtta, nøtti nøtter nøttene
1938 nøtta [nøtti]
2012 (current) ei nøtt nøtta nøtter nøttene
  • Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard.
  • Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier. 1For the whole historicity, confer with earlier and, until 2012, concurrent form nòt (table below). 2Only as an "optional" form.
Historical inflection of nòt
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
Aasen1, 2 ei Not Noti Neter Neterna
1901 neter (netar) neterne (netane)
19173 ei nòt nòta, nòti neter netene, neterne
19384 ei not nota [noti] netene
19595 [ei nòt] [nòta, nòti] [neter] [netene]
  • Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard.
  • Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier.
  • Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen.
  • 1Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century. 2Aasen lists Nata- as a genitive plural to be used in compounds. Later this will be nate-. 3nøtt is introduced as an "optional" form. 4nøtt is made a co-official form. 5Made a second-tier official form (also called "bracket form"). Was superseded by nøtt with the 1959 spelling reform

Derived terms

References

Scanian

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts
    Proto-Germanic *nahts
    Old Norse nátt
    Scanian nøtt

    Inherited from Old Norse nátt, from Proto-Germanic *nahts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [nǿt], [nɔ́t]

    Noun

    nøtt f

    1. night
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