Nutella

Marketing name borrowed from Italian Nutella, from English nut +‎ -ella (diminutive suffix). Coined in the early 1960s by Italian entrepreneur Michele Ferrero, the son of Italian businessman Pietro Ferrero, the inventor of the product's forerunner Supercrema.

• IPA^(key): /nuːˈtɛlə/, /nʌˈtɛlə/, /njuːˈtɛlə/

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Nutella

1. A sweet spread made from hazelnuts, sugar, vegetable oils, cocoa solids and skimmed milk, generically called chocolate spread.
   • 2013 April 30, Norm MacDonald, Norm Macdonald Live, season 1, episode 6, spoken by Larry King:

     Apparently someone in Germany stole 5 metric tons of Nutella. Police haven't arrested anyone yet but they are questioning Günther Hasbargen, the 700 pound man that smells like chocolate and hazelnuts who guards the Nutella storage facility.

• IPA^(key): /ny.tɛ.la/ ~ /ny.te.la/

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• Homophone: nutella

Nutella m

1. Nutella (chocolate spread)

   Hypernym: nutella

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Nutella f or n or m (strong, genitive Nutella or Nutellas, no plural)

1. (uncountable, genericized trademark) Nutella (any chocolate spread)
2. (countable) a container of chocolate spread

   Gibst du mir mal die Nutella? ― Can you give me the Nutella?

• Nutella is one of a small number of German nouns which can or historically could have all three genders; see the appendix. The masculine gender is rare and only used in some regions.

• feminine:
  • 2008, Kirsten Reko, Single und fabelhaft!, pages 89–90:

    Entschlossen griff ich mir einen Teelöffel, öffnete beherzt den Deckel der Nutella und strich einen extra großen Batzen heraus.

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  • 2010, Nina Bihr, Das Vaterschaftsjahr, page 34:

    Die Sache mit der Nutella

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• neuter:
  • 2010, Maren Plugowsky-Schmidt, Dörthe Langecker, Das Apfelbuch für den Guten Zweck, page 78:

    Das Nutella muss noch weich sein.

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• masculine:
  • 2008, Troels Ravn Klausen, ...und zwar VERDIENT!, pages 4–5:

    Auch unsere Reise im Oktober 2008 nach Malta ist durch Neckermann gebucht, der Nutella im Schrank ist bei euch gekauft [...].

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From English nut +‎ -ella.

Nutella f

1. Nutella (chocolate spread)

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• Rhymes: -ɛla
• Hyphenation: Nu‧tel‧la
• Homophone: nutella

Nutella f

1. Nutella (chocolate spread)

Nutella (invariable)

1. alternative letter-case form of nutella