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DUTCH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

nut.

use, point, utility, sense

3 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/nʏt/
  1. use, point, utility, sense

    neuter · no-diminutive · uncountable
  2. benefit

    neuter · no-diminutive · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From the adjective Middle Dutch nutte (“useful”), or from Middle Dutch nut (“yield”), from Old Dutch *nut, from Proto-Germanic *nutją, *nutjō (“profit, yield, utility”), from Proto-Indo-European *newd- (“to seize; grasp; use”).

adj/nʏt/
  1. useful

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From the adjective Middle Dutch nutte (“useful”), or from Middle Dutch nut (“yield”), from Old Dutch *nut, from Proto-Germanic *nutją, *nutjō (“profit, yield, utility”), from Proto-Indo-European *newd- (“to seize; grasp; use”).

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