nytt

See also: nýtt

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

nytt

1. neuter singular of ny

Verb

nytt

1. past participle of nyte
2. imperative of nytte

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

nytt

1. neuter singular of ny

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

nytt

1. past participle of nyta

Old English

Alternative forms

• nyt, nutte, nytto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nytt/, [nyt]

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *nuti.

Adjective

nytt (comparative nyttra, superlative nyttost)

1. useful

Declension

Declension of nytt — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	nytt	nytt	nytt
Accusative	nytne	nytte	nytt
Genitive	nyttes	nytre	nyttes
Dative	nyttum	nytre	nyttum
Instrumental	nytte	nytre	nytte
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	nytte	nytta, nytte	nytt
Accusative	nytte	nytta, nytte	nytt
Genitive	nytra	nytra	nytra
Dative	nyttum	nyttum	nyttum
Instrumental	nyttum	nyttum	nyttum

Declension of nytt — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	nytta	nytte	nytte
Accusative	nyttan	nyttan	nytte
Genitive	nyttan	nyttan	nyttan
Dative	nyttan	nyttan	nyttan
Instrumental	nyttan	nyttan	nyttan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	nyttan	nyttan	nyttan
Accusative	nyttan	nyttan	nyttan
Genitive	nytra, nyttena	nytra, nyttena	nytra, nyttena
Dative	nyttum	nyttum	nyttum
Instrumental	nyttum	nyttum	nyttum

Derived terms

• unnytt (“useless”)
• nytlīċe (“usefully”)
• nytnes (“usefulness”)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *nutjō (“profit, yield, use”). Cognate with Dutch nut, Old High German nuz, Swedish nytta.

Noun

nytt f (nominative plural nytta)

1. use
2. benefit
3. office, duty

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	nytt	nytta, nytte
accusative	nytte	nytta, nytte
genitive	nytte	nytta
dative	nytte	nyttum

Descendants

• Middle English: nutte

References

• John R. Clark Hall (1916) “nytt”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “nytt”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Swedish

Adjective

nytt

1. indefinite neuter singular of ny

Adverb

nytt (not comparable)

1. newly

Related terms

• på nytt