Not
See also: not, NOT, nót, nôt, nốt, nőt, not., and Appendix:Variations of "not"
German
Alternative forms
- Noht, Noth (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle High German nōt, from Old High German nōt from Proto-Germanic *naudiz. Compare Low German Noot, Dutch nood, English need, Danish nød, Icelandic nauð.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /noːt/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -oːt
Noun
Not f (genitive Not, plural Nöte)
- need, imminence
- Kinder in Not ― Children in Need
- necessity, poverty
- emergency, crisis
Declension
Declension of Not
| 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
- Notgesetz
- Notrufnummer
- Notstand
- Notverordnung
- notwendig
Related terms
- notig
- nötig
Further reading
- Not in Duden online