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Nett
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nett nètt
English
Etymology
As a en de - surname, from en gmh nett, from en fro net clean, ultimately from en la *nittus.
As an en ga - surname, variant of en McNett.
Proper noun
s
en.
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Nett is the 18831st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1454 individuals. Nett is most common among White (94.7%) individuals.
Further reading
Anagrams
en entt tent tent.
Pohnpeian
Alternative forms
pon Net modern orthography nonstandard
Etymology
pon Maybe from pon net to sell, to trade, to shop; sale?
Pronunciation
pon /nɛt̻/, phonetic respelling: pon Net
pon ɛt̻ 1
pon net Net
Note: This spelling is a holdover from an older spelling system that transliterated /t/ as t and /t̻/ as tt. In the modern system, it is spelled Net, but Nett remains the official spelling, such as in legal contexts.
Proper noun
pon proper noun
pon Nett municipality state/Pohnpei c/Federated States of Micronesia
pon Wein U oh Nett tikitiksang wein Madolenihmw. The municipalities of U and Nett are smaller than the municipality of Madolenihmw.
Meronyms
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
pon Lepen Nett Nahnalek Nett Pwoud Lepen Nett
Descendants
en Nett 1
References
+ pnp-n.htm#4073