nicht

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪxt
• IPA: [nɪxt]

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Etymology

From Old Dutch *nift, from Proto-Germanic *niftiz.

Noun

nicht f (plural nichten, diminutive nichtje)

1. A female cousin; a daughter of someone's uncle or aunt.
2. A niece; a daughter of someone's brother or sister.
3. A niece; a daughter of someone's brother- or sister-in-law.
4. (derogatory) A male homosexual, a gay man.

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German

Alternative forms

• nich (informal)
• net (colloquial, in central and southern German dialects)

Etymology

A contracted form of Old High German niowiht, from nio (“never”) + wiht (“being, creature”), derived from Proto-Germanic *ne (“not”) + *aiw- (“ever”) + *wiht- (“thing”). Akin to Dutch niet, West Frisian net, English not where similar developments took place.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [nɪçt] (standard), IPA: [nɪç] (colloquially)

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• Rhymes: -ɪçt

Adverb

nicht

1. not

   Bitte nicht stören!

   Please do not disturb!

   Das ist nicht wahr.

   That is not true.

Interjection

nicht?

1. Is it not? (a tag question)

Derived terms

• nicht einer
• nichtig
• Nichtigkeit
• noch nicht

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Kashubian

Pronoun

nicht

1. nobody, no one

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Scots

Etymology

From Old English niht.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /nɪçt/

Noun

nicht (plural nichts)

1. night, evening
   • c. 1495, William Dunbar, The Tua Mariit Wemen and the Wedo:

     Apon the Midsummer evin, mirriest of nichtis, / I muvit furth allane [...].

2. (definite singular) tonight
   • It's a braw, bricht, moonlit nicht the nicht. It's a beautiful, bright moonlit night tonight.

Derived terms

• fortnicht