nötig

German

Etymology

From Middle High German nœtic, nœtec, nōtic, nōtec, nōdic, from Old High German nōtag (“forced, urgent, needy”), from Proto-West Germanic *naudag (“obligatory, needful”), from Proto-Germanic *naudagaz, equivalent to Not +‎ -ig. Cognate with German Low German nödig, English needy, Swedish nödig.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈnøːtɪç/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈnøːtɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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  • Hyphenation: nö‧tig

Adjective

nötig (strong nominative masculine singular nötiger, comparative nötiger, superlative am nötigsten)

  1. necessary
    Synonym: notwendig

Declension

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Derived terms

Adverb

nötig

  1. urgently

Further reading
  • “nötig” in Duden online
  • “nötig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Swedish

Etymology

nöt (“nut”) +‎ -ig

Adjective

nötig (comparative nötigare, superlative nötigast)

  1. (scents, flavours) nutty (resembling or characteristic of nuts)

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

References
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