nichts
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See also Nichts
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German [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
IPA: /nɪçts/
Pronoun [edit]
nichts (indefinite pronoun)
- nothing
- Ich weiß, dass ich nichts weiß. – I know that I know nothing.
Declension [edit]
Invariable. A following adjective is capitalized and declined in the strong pattern (neuter singular). Thus nichts Neues in the nominative and accusative cases; nichts Neuem in the dative case.
A genitive form does not exist. It is paraphrased by means of the preposition von. After prepositions, the dative case is used instead: wegen nichts Wichtigem – because of nothing important (= because of something unimportant).
Variants [edit]
- nix (preferred colloquially, also common in informal writing)
Scots [edit]
Noun [edit]
nichts
- Plural form of nicht
