Nutte

See also: nutte and nuťte

German

Alternative forms

• N*tte (censored)

Etymology

Originally meant “young girl, young prostitute” in the dialect of Berlin. Further origin unsettled. Possibly from Middle Low German not, nōte (“nut”) in the sense of “vulva, vagina” (compare German Nuss, which has this sense in hunter's jargon); or from Nut (“furrow”), also in the aforementioned sense, but less probably, since this word is not Low German. An alternative hypothesis considers it a variation of Lütte (“little one”) from Middle Low German lüttel (“small”), possibly through a merger with Hebrew נִדָּה (niddā, “menstruating woman”), but the vocalism -u- does not really agree with this. Finally, since the connection with prostitution is apparently very old, a relation with Middle Low German nütte (“useful, profitable”) might be considered.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnʊtə/

• Audio (Austria)

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• Rhymes: -ʊtə

Noun

Nutte f (genitive Nutte, plural Nutten)

1. (informal) whore; prostitute

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Prostituierte

   • 1981, Günther Sigl (lyrics and music), “Skandal im Sperrbezirk”, in Dolce Vita, performed by Spider Murphy Gang:

     Und draußen vor der großen Stadt / Stehen die Nutten sich die Füße platt

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of Nutte [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Nutte	die	Nutten
genitive	einer	der	Nutte	der	Nutten
dative	einer	der	Nutte	den	Nutten
accusative	eine	die	Nutte	die	Nutten

Derived terms

• nuttig
• Nuttenköfferchen

Further reading

• “Nutte” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Nutte” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Nutte” in Duden online
• “Nutte” in OpenThesaurus.de