# fett
## German
### Etymology

From Middle Low German vet, from Old Saxon *fētid, from Proto-West Germanic *faitid. Doublet of feist. In the colloquial sense perhaps a calque of English phat via hip-hop culture.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fɛt/

### Adjective

fett (strong nominative masculine singular fetter, comparative fetter, superlative am fettesten)
* fat
    Fette Menschen sind oft ungesund. ― Fat people are often unhealthy.
* (of food) rich, containing a lot of fat
* (typography) bold
    In diesem Satz ist nur das Wort „fett“ fett geschrieben. ― In this sentence, only the word “bold” is written in bold.
* (colloquial) awesome, phat
    Das war echt fett. ― This was really awesome.
    Sie hat 'nen fetten Vertrag an Land gezogen. ― She got a very profitable contract.
* (Austria, colloquial) drunk
    Synonyms: besoffen, betrunken, blau, dicht

#### Related terms

* einfetten
* Fettansatz
* fettarm
* Fettauge
* Fettblatt
* Fettcreme
* fetten
* Fettfleck
* fettgedruckt
* Fettgehalt
* Fettgewebe
* Fetthenne
* fettig
* Fettkörper
* fettleibig
* fettlöslich
* Fettnäpfchen
* Fettpolster
* Fettsack
* Fettsäure
* Fettschwalm
* Fettsucht
* Fettwanst

### Further reading

* “fett” in Duden online
* “fett” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “fett”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1
#### Alternative forms

* feitt (of feit)

#### Adjective

fett
* neuter singular of fet
* neuter singular of feit

### Etymology 2

From the adjective fet.

#### Noun

fett n (definite singular fettet, indefinite plural fett, definite plural fetta or fettene)
* fat

##### Derived terms

* dyrefett
* fettfattig
* fettholdig
* fettinnhold
* fettløselig
* fettrik
* fettstoff
* fettsuging
* fettsyre
* melkefett
* smørefett

#### See also

* feitt (Nynorsk)

### References

* “fett” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /feːtt/, [feːt]

### Verb

fētt
* third-person singular present indicative of fēdan

## Pennsylvania German
### Etymology

Compare German fett, Dutch vet, English fat.

### Adjective

fett
* fat
* fleshy
* rich (of soil)

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fɛt/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

fett
* indefinite neuter singular of fet

### Adverb

fett
* adverbial form of adjective fet (“fat”)
* (slang) a positive intensifier
    Filmen är fett bra ― The movie is very good

### Noun

fett n (usually uncountable)
* fat

#### Usage notes

* The plural is used for different types of fat.
** For example; two packages of the same type of fat (e.g., plant-based fat) are collectively referred to as fett (singular), but if one package contains plant-based fat and another contains animal fat, the two are collectively referred to as fetter (plural).

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | fett | fetts |
| singular | definite | fettet | fettets |
| plural | indefinite | fetter | fetters |
| plural | definite | fetterna | fetternas |

#### Derived terms

* blodfett
* djurfett
* fettbildande
* fettbildning
* fettbomb
* fettcell
* fettdrypande
* fettfena
* fettfläck
* fettfri
* fettförbränning
* fettglänsande
* fetthalt
* fetthaltig
* fettig
* fettinnehåll
* fettintag
* fettklump
* fettlager
* fettlever
* fettlöslig
* fettpärla
* fettrand
* fettrik
* fettsnål
* fettsugning
* fettsvansfår
* fettsyra
* fettvalk
* fettväv
* fettvävnad
* fettämne
* fiskfett
* kakaofett
* kokosfett
* konsistensfett
* kroppsfett
* matfett
* mjölkfett
* smörjfett
* stekfett
* transfett
* ullfett
* underhudsfett

### References

* fett in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* 1 2 fett in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Vilamovian
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

fett ?
* fat