nutzen

Meaning

  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

Synonyms

in Gebrauch nehmen

nutzbar machen

zugute kommen

einer Sache bedienen

adhibieren

zu Nutze machen

ausschlachten

deployen

in die Arme spielen

zum Einsatz bringen

exploitieren

abgreifen

Gebrauch machen

sich zu Nutze machen

von etwas profitieren

Nutzen ziehen

Frequency

B1
Hyphenated as
nut‧zen
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈnʊtsən/
Etymology

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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