Examples

12 sentences

  1. There's nowt as queer as folk.

    deSo etwas kommt vor. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. You don't get owt for nowt.

    deVon nichts kommt nichts. — Wolf

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  3. It'd be better if you said nowt.

    deEs wäre besser, wenn du schwiegest. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Meaning

1 senses

  1. (Northern England)Naught, nothing.

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”).

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Synonyms

1 synonyms
noot

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
nowadaysA2nowhereB1noxiousnozzlenuance

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