nu
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ny/
adv
Definitions
- now, at the present moment
- now, this time indicating a certain amount of impatience
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch nu inherited from Old Dutch nū inherited from Proto-Germanic *nu (now).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*nu
Gloss
now
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
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Kanji
今
Emoji
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- benow English
- erenow English
- now English
- nowadays English
- nowish English
- nowness English
- nunc stans English
- num Latin
- nunc Latin
- *nū Proto-Indo-European
- *nu Proto-Germanic
- ナウ Japanese
- ナウい Japanese
- nu Old English
- nū Old English
- now Middle English
- nú Old Norse
- nu Middle Dutch
- 𐌽𐌿 Gothic
- *nu Old Dutch
- nu Old Dutch
- nū Old Dutch
- nu Old Saxon
- nau Tok Pisin
- nü North Frisian