how to pronounce not

/noːt/

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not is pronounced in one syllable

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oː

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An example use of not in a speech by a native speaker of standard german:

“… wir doppelt so viel not power hatten …”

meanings of not

noun:

Need, imminence.
Emergency, crisis.
Necessity, poverty.

not frequency in german - A2 level of CEFR

the word not occurs in german on average 76.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.