nett
- nice; friendly; likable
- kind; sweet; helpful
- nice; okay; decent; often expressing a more reluctant praise
Frequency
Dialects
Appenzell Ausserrhoden
nett
Basel-Landschaft
gattig
Basel-Landschaft
nätt
Basel-Landschaft
syyferlig
St. Gallen
laiìg
Zürich
nett
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/nɛt/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle Dutch net (“neat, decent, pretty”), from Old French net (“neat, decent”), from Latin nitidus. Compare English neat.
Related words
nicely
liebenswürtig
bezauberend
wohlgefällig
sympatisch
puppig
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