nutzen.
to make use of; to deploy; to exploit; to harness; to take (the opportunity of)
Meaning & usage
to make use of; to deploy; to exploit; to harness; to take (the opportunity of)
Du solltest deine Talente nutzen.
Wenn sich ihnen so eine Gelegenheit bietet, dann nutzen sie die.
to be useful, to be of use, to do good
Er hört mit der Diät auf, weil sie nichts nutzt.
Was nutzt es schon, sich anzustrengen?
to benefit, to help, to do good to
Er hat sich überall angebiedert, aber das hat ihm auch nicht genutzt.
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German nutzen, nützen, from Old High German nuzzōn, -nuzzen (in ginuzzen), from Proto-Germanic *nutōną, *nutjōną, *nutjaną. Compare modern Nutzen (noun). The verb is originally restricted chiefly to Upper German and East Central German, the former preferring the form nutzen, the latter preferring nützen. By way of hypercorrection, nützen has now become a chiefly southern form. Low German and West Central German originally use other verbs, namely, brauchen for the transitive and batten for the intransitive function. These areas prefer nutzen in modern standard German.
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