"nun" meaning in German

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Adverb

IPA: /nuːn/ Audio: De-nun.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German nu, nū, nuo with a secondary final -n, already occasionally in Middle High German nuon, from Old High German nu, from Proto-West Germanic *nū. Etymology templates: {{der|de|gmh|nu|nu, nū}} Middle High German nu, nū, {{m|gmh|nuo}} nuo, {{inh|de|gmh|nuon}} Middle High German nuon, {{inh|de|goh|nu}} Old High German nu, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*nū}} Proto-West Germanic *nū Head templates: {{head|de|adverb||||am {{{2}}}|head=|sort=}} nun, {{de-adv}} nun
  1. now, at this moment
    Sense id: en-nun-de-adv-J0VFF13U
  2. now, then; expressing a logical or temporal consequence
    Sense id: en-nun-de-adv-aTMUJeFL
  3. unstressed and expletive, used for minor emphasis
    Sense id: en-nun-de-adv-a96QZPDI
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: nu (english: colloquial; otherwise archaic)
Etymology number: 1

Conjunction

IPA: /nuːn/ Audio: De-nun.ogg
Etymology: Clipping of nun daß or nun da. Etymology templates: {{clipping|de|nun dass|alt=nun daß}} Clipping of nun daß, {{m|de|nun da}} nun da Head templates: {{head|de|conjunction}} nun
  1. (literary or dated colloquial) now that, given that it has occurred that the circumstances do not withstand that …
    Sense id: en-nun-de-conj-YVNwp1QY Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 0 14 7 79 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Interjection

IPA: /nuːn/ Audio: De-nun.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German nu, nū, nuo with a secondary final -n, already occasionally in Middle High German nuon, from Old High German nu, from Proto-West Germanic *nū. Etymology templates: {{der|de|gmh|nu|nu, nū}} Middle High German nu, nū, {{m|gmh|nuo}} nuo, {{inh|de|gmh|nuon}} Middle High German nuon, {{inh|de|goh|nu}} Old High German nu, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*nū}} Proto-West Germanic *nū Head templates: {{head|de|interjection}} nun
  1. now, well, so
    Sense id: en-nun-de-intj-Vuk81-fN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: nu (english: colloquial; otherwise archaic)
Etymology number: 1

Alternative forms

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