nett
German (Berlin)
/nɛt/
adj
Definitions
- (of people) nice; friendly; likable
- (of people, deeds) kind; sweet; helpful
- (of things, situations) nice; okay; decent;
Etymology
Derived from Middle Dutch net (pretty, neat, decent) derived from Old French net (neat, decent) derived from Latin nitidus (shining, shiny, gleaming, glossy, glittering).
Origin
Latin
nitidus
Gloss
shining, shiny, gleaming, glossy, glittering
Kanji
艶
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- neat English
- neat-handed English
- neaten English
- neatherd English
- neathouse English
- neatify English
- neatish English
- neatly English
- neatness English
- neatnik English
- neato English
- neatresse English
- neatsfoot English
- neatwork English
- overneat English
- nätti Finnish
- *nitidiāre Latin
- *nittus Latin
- niteō Latin
- nitidicollis Latin
- nitiditas Latin
- nitidulus Latin
- nitidus Latin
- netto Italian
- nitido Italian
- net Dutch, Flemish
- netjes Dutch, Flemish
- net French
- nitide French
- nítido Spanish, Castilian
- nítido Portuguese
- nätt Swedish
- *nete Middle English
- net Danish
- net Old French
- net Catalan, Valencian
- nítid Catalan, Valencian
- nidio Galician
- neted Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- net Middle Dutch
- net Norman
- nett Middle High German
- *net Old Dutch
- nedeo Old Portuguese
- nett Alemannic German
- neit xno