different between nett vs nott

English

Adjective

nett (not comparable)

1. (dated) Alternative spelling of net (remaining after expenses or deductions).

   nett price; nett weight

Usage notes

This spelling is more dated (i.e., has been out of use for longer) in the United States than in Commonwealth countries.

Noun

nett (plural netts)

1. Obsolete form of net.

Anagrams

• tent, tent.

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Lower Rhenish Late Middle High German nett, from Middle Dutch net (“neat, decent, pretty”), from Old French net (“neat, decent”), from Latin nitidus. Cognate with German nett.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /net/

Adjective

nett (comparative netter, superlative nettischt)

1. nice
2. sweet

Declension

German

Etymology

From Middle Dutch net (“neat, decent, pretty”), from Old French net (“neat, decent”), from Latin nitidus. Compare English neat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?t/

Adjective

nett (comparative netter, superlative am nettesten)

1. (of people) nice; friendly; likable
2. (of people; deeds) kind; sweet; helpful
3. (of things; situations) nice; okay; decent; often expressing a more reluctant praise

Declension

Derived terms

• Nettigkeit

Further reading

• “nett” in Duden online

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse net; compare with German Netz

Noun

nett n (definite singular nettet, indefinite plural nett, definite plural netta or nettene)

1. a net
2. a network
3. (in definite singular form) nettet - the Internet

Derived terms

References

• “nett” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse net; compare with German Netz

Noun

nett n (definite singular nettet, indefinite plural nett, definite plural netta)

1. a net
2. a network
3. (in definite singular form) nettet - the Internet

Derived terms

References

• “nett” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

English

Alternative forms

• not

Etymology

From Old English hnot, of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /n?t/

Adjective

nott (comparative more nott, superlative most nott)

1. (obsolete) Bald.
2. (now Britain dialect, Newfoundland) Of an animal: having no horns; polled.
   • 1850, "On the Farming of Somerset", Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, vol. XI, p. 679:

     For these and other reasons farmers who occupy good land in the vale with their hill farms are getting tired of the horned sheep, and use their hill farms only as summering-ground for nott sheep and bullocks.

   • 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D'Urbervilles:

     Do ye know that riddle about the nott cows, Jonathan? Why do nott cows give less milk in a year than horned?

Verb

nott (third-person singular simple present notts, present participle notting, simple past and past participle notted)

1. (obsolete) To shear.
   • 1575, John Stow, Summarie of Englyshe Chronicles

     he caused his owne head to bee poiled, and from thencefoorthe his bearde to bee notted, and no more shaven.