Netz

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Netz.

Proper noun

Netz (plural Netzes)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Netz is the 38265^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 579 individuals. Netz is most common among White (93.96%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Netz”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 660.

German

Etymology

From Middle High German netze, from Old High German nezzi, from Proto-West Germanic *nati.

Akin to Dutch net, Low German Nett, English net, Danish net, Swedish nät.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɛt͡s/

• Audio:

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Noun

Netz n (strong, genitive Netzes, plural Netze)

1. net; web; mesh (construction of interwoven fibres, e.g. that of a fisher, a spider, etc.)
2. (general, also telecommunications) network; grid (a system, often interconnected, that covers a certain area)

   Synonym: Netzwerk

3. (informal, telecommunications) signal (connection to a network)

   Synonym: Verbindung

4. (informal, with definite article) the internet

   Synonym: Internet

Declension

Declension of Netz [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Netz	die	Netze
genitive	eines	des	Netzes	der	Netze
dative	einem	dem	Netz, Netze1	den	Netzen
accusative	ein	das	Netz	die	Netze

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

• Auffangnetz
• Einkaufsnetz
• Festnetz
• Fischernetz
• Fischnetz
• Funknetz (“radio network”)
• Haarnetz
• Haubennetzspinne
• Mobilfunknetz
• Spinnennetz
• Telefonnetz

 

Derived terms

• netzartig
• netzförmig
• vernetzen
• Netzkabel
• Netzspannung
• Netzwerk

Related terms

• Internetz

Further reading

• “Netz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Netz” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Netz” in Duden online
• Netz on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /net͡s/

Noun

Netz n (plural Netz, diminutive Netzje)

1. net

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German netze, from Old High German nezzi. Cognate with German Netz, Dutch net, English net, Icelandic net.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /næt͡s/

Noun

Netz n (plural Netzer)

1. net
   • Luxembourgish translation of Matthew 4:20:

     Dunn hunn si direkt hir Netzer leie gelooss a sinn him nogaang.

     Then they immediately laid down their nets and followed him.