Nixe

See also: nixe

German

Etymology

From Middle High German nixe, from Old High German nicchessa, feminine form of nichus, nihhus (“water-spirit”), from Proto-Germanic *nikwus, *nikwis, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *neygʷ- (“to wash”). More at nix, nicker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɪksə/

• Audio:

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Noun

Nixe f (genitive Nixe, plural Nixen)

1. mermaid (mythological woman with a fish's tail)

Declension

Declension of Nixe [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Nixe	die	Nixen
genitive	einer	der	Nixe	der	Nixen
dative	einer	der	Nixe	den	Nixen
accusative	eine	die	Nixe	die	Nixen

Derived terms

• Badenixe
• Haarnixe
• Meeresnixe

Related terms

• Nix

Further reading

• “Nixe” in Duden online
• “Nixe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Nixe on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de