Meaning
5 senses(Northern England, uncountable)Naught, nothing.
(Yorkshire, uncountable)A person of no importance; a worthless person; a ne'er-do-well.
(Northern England, Scotland)An ox.
(Northern England, Scotland)A herd of cattle.
(Northern England, Scotland, figuratively)A dumb, crass, or clumsy person, or a person who is difficult or stubborn.
Examples
12 sentencesThere's nowt as queer as folk.
deSo etwas kommt vor.
You don't get owt for nowt.
deVon nichts kommt nichts.
It'd be better if you said nowt.
deEs wäre besser, wenn du schwiegest.
There's nowt but milk in the fridge.
deIm Kühlschrank steht nur Milch.
She said nowt to me about it.
deDarüber hat sie zu mir nichts gesagt.
Origin
Dialectal pronunciation of naught. Akin to West Frisian neat (“nothing”), German nichts (“Dialectal pronunciation of naught. Akin to West Frisian neat (“nothing”), German nichts (“nothing”).
From Middle English nowte, noute, nawte, naute, borrowed from Old Norse naut, from Proto-Germanic *nautą. Cognate with Old English nēat, English neat.
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Forms
plural: nowts| Singular | nowt |
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uncountable
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable