nebst

German

Etymology

Shortened from earlier nebens, nebenst, nebest, from Middle Low German nēvens, nēvenst, derived from nēven, cognate of German neben (“next to”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /neːpst/
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Preposition

nebst (+ dative)

  1. (literary) besides; with; in addition to; accompanied by
  • annebst
  • benebst

References
  1. Kluge, Friedrich (1989), Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological dictionary of the German language] (in German), 22nd edition, →ISBN

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