Not

See also: not, NOT, nót, nôt, nốt, nőt, not., and Appendix:Variations of "not"

English

Proper noun

Not

1. (Egyptian mythology) Alternative spelling of Nut.

German

Alternative forms

• Noht, Noth (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle High German nōt, from Old High German nōt, from Proto-West Germanic *naudi.

Cognates

Compare Low German Noot, Dutch nood, English need, Danish nød, Icelandic nauð.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /noːt/
• Rhymes: -oːt

• Audio:

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Noun

Not f (genitive Not, plural Nöte)

1. need, imminence

   zur Not. ― if necessary.

2. necessity, poverty
3. emergency, crisis

Declension

Declension of Not [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Not	die	Nöte
genitive	einer	der	Not	der	Nöte
dative	einer	der	Not	den	Nöten
accusative	eine	die	Not	die	Nöte

Derived terms

• Notadresse
• Notarzt
• Notaufnahme
• Notausgang
• Notbeleuchtung
• Notfall
• notgeil
• Notgeld
• Notgesetz
• Notrufnummer
• Notstand
• Notverordnung
• notwendig

 

Related terms

• not
• notig
• nötig
• vonnöten

Further reading

• “Not” in Duden online
• “Not” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German nōte, from Medieval Latin nota.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /noːt/

Noun

Not f (plural Note)

1. note

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary