Deut
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Dutch duit, a historic coin of minor value. Cognate to Danish døjt.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Deut m (strong, genitive Deuts, plural Deuts or Deut)
- (historical) doit (small Dutch coin of minor value)
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:Deut.
- (by extension, in adverbial constructions, chiefly in the negative) a bit, a little
- Er ist genau so faul und keinen Deut besser als sein Bruder.
- He is just as lazy and not even a bit better than his brother.
- 2021 October 17, Patrick Heidmann, “Miniserie „The North Water“: Dreck, Dunkelheit und Testosteron”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz[1], →ISSN:
- „The North Water“, produziert von der BBC und dem US-Sender AMC, nimmt sich nun ähnlicher Themen an – und ist keinen Deut weniger rau, erbarmungslos und grausam.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Deut [masculine, strong]
Further reading
[edit]- “Deut” in Duden online
- “Deut” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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