Nutella

See also: nutella

English

Etymology

Made-up marketing name from nut +‎ Italian -ella (diminutive suffix). Coined in the early 1960s by Michele Ferrero, the son of Pietro Ferrero (the inventor of the product's forerunner, Supercrema).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nuːˈtɛlə/, /nʌˈtɛlə/

Proper noun

Nutella

1. A sweet spread made from hazelnuts, sugar, vegetable oils, cocoa solids and skimmed milk, generically called chocolate spread.

Translations

hazelnut spread

• Arabic: نُوتِيلَا f (nutīlā)
• Armenian: Նուտելա (Nutela)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 能多益 (Néngduōyì)

• Danish: nutella c
• Dutch: choco (nl) c
• Georgian: ნუტელა (nuṭela)
• German: Nutella (de) f or n or m
• Greek: Νουτέλλα f (Noutélla)
• Hebrew: נוטלה
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Indonesian: Nutella
• Italian: Nutella f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: ヌテラ (Nutera)
• Korean: 누텔라 (Nutella)
• Marathi: न्यूटेला (nyūṭelā)
• Persian: نوتلا (nûtelâ)
• Portuguese: nutella (pt) f
• Russian: Нуте́лла f (Nutélla)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Нутела

  Roman: Nutela

• Spanish: nutella f, nocilla f (Spain), crema de cacao f, crema al cacao f
• Thai: นูเทลลา
• Urdu: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Nutella on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ny.tɛ.la/ ~ /ny.te.la/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Nutella m

1. Nutella

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German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

Nutella f or n or m (genitive Nutella or Nutellas, no plural)

1. (uncountable) Any type of chocolate sandwich spread, especially Nutella.
2. (countable) A container of chocolate sandwich spread.

   Gibst du mir mal die Nutella?

   Can you give me the Nutella?

Usage notes

• Nutella is one of a small number of German nouns which can or historically could have all three genders; see the appendix. The masculine gender is rare and only used in some regions.

Quotations

• feminine:
  • 2008, Kirsten Reko, Single und fabelhaft!, page 89-90:

    Entschlossen griff ich mir einen Teelöffel, öffnete beherzt den Deckel der Nutella und strich einen extra großen Batzen heraus.

  • 2010, Nina Bihr, Das Vaterschaftsjahr, page 34:

    Die Sache mit der Nutella

• neuter:
  • 2010, Maren Plugowsky-Schmidt, Dörthe Langecker, Das Apfelbuch für den Guten Zweck, page 78:

    Das Nutella muss noch weich sein.

• masculine:
  • 2008, Troels Ravn Klausen, ...und zwar VERDIENT!, page 4-5:

    Auch unsere Reise im Oktober 2008 nach Malta ist durch Neckermann gebucht, der Nutella im Schrank ist bei euch gekauft [...].

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Italian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English nut +‎ -ella

Proper noun

Nutella f

1. Nutella (a sweet spread made from hazelnuts, sugar, vegetable oils, cocoa solids and skimmed milk)

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Portuguese

Adjective

1. Alternative spelling of nutella