nowt
Naught, nothingNaught, nothing.
» There's nowt as queer as folk.
So etwas kommt vor. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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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. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
You don't get owt for nowt.
deVon nichts kommt nichts. — Wolf
It'd be better if you said nowt.
deEs wäre besser, wenn du schwiegest. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
There's nowt but milk in the fridge.
deIm Kühlschrank steht nur Milch. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
She said nowt to me about it.
deDarüber hat sie zu mir nichts gesagt. — brauchinet
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
See also
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