nett
German, adjective/nɛt/
nett is spelled N-E-T-T (4 letters) and appears 50 times per million words in written German, the 1,705th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nett is a German adjective meaning “nice; friendly; likable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “lieb, liebenswürdig, angenehm”.
What does nett mean in English?
adjective
- 1
nice; friendly; likable
- 2
kind; sweet; helpful
- 3
nice; okay; decent; often expressing a more reluctant praise
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. lieb, liebenswürdig, angenehm
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of nett
- netter masculine nominative singular
- am nettesten superlative
- nette feminine nominative singular
- nettes neuter nominative singular
- netten genitive masculine singular
- nettem dative masculine singular
- der nette definite includes-article masculine
- die nette definite feminine includes-article
- das nette definite includes-article neuter
- die netten definite includes-article nominative
- des netten definite genitive includes-article
- der netten definite feminine genitive
- dem netten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nett?
- /nɛt/
- [nɛt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nett
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nett in German?
nett appears 50 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).