nutzen

(Englisch)

  1. (transitive, weak) to make use of; to deploy; to exploit; to harness; to take (the opportunity of)
  2. (intransitive, transitive, weak) to be useful, to be of use, to do good
  3. (intransitive, transitive, weak) to benefit, to help, to do good to

Frequenz

B1
Dialekte

Zürich

Zürich

nutze

Daten bereitgestellt von: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ˈnʊtsən/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

From Middle High German nutzen, nützen, from Old High German nuzzōn, -nuzzen (in ginuzzen), from Proto-Germanic *nutōną, *nutjōną, *nutjaną. Compare modern Nutzen (noun). The verb is originally restricted chiefly to Upper German and East Central German, the former preferring the form nutzen, the latter preferring nützen. By way of hypercorrection, nützen has now become a chiefly southern form. Low German and West Central German originally use other verbs, namely, brauchen for the transitive and batten for the intransitive function. These areas prefer nutzen in modern standard German.

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