noget

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish nokut (also nokot, nokæt, noghet), neuter form of nokær, cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk noko and Swedish något. Grammaticalization of the phrase Proto-Germanic *ne wait ek hwat (or alternatively formed by analogy as a neuter to nokær within early Old Norse). See more at nogen.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nɔːəð/, [ˈnɔðð̩]
  • Homophones: nåde, nåede

Pronoun

noget

  1. neuter singular of nogen

Adverb

noget

  1. a little, a bit, somewhat
  2. for a while, for some time
  3. some distance, not far
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