Nu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nu"

English

The god Nu, at bottom, representing the primordial waters, raises the barque of the sun into the sky at the creation of the world.

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Egyptian nnw (“Nu, the primeval waters”).

Proper noun

Nu

  1. (Egyptian mythology) The god who serves as the personification of the primeval waters that existed before the world.

Etymology 2

Abbreviations.

Proper noun

Nu

  1. Abbreviation of en. (a book in the Old Testament of the Bible)
  2. Alternative spelling of NU, Nunavut

Anagrams

German

Etymology

Substantivation of nu (“now”), alternative form of nun (“now”).

Noun

Nu n, m

  1. used in im Nu (“immediately, in no time”, literally “in the now”)

Usage notes

The masculine gender is more recent. The noun has traditionally been used with the neuter gender.

Further reading

  • Nu in Duden online
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