nie

See also NIE, niē, nié, niě, niè, -nie, nie-, and -nie-

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch nie/niet.

Adverb

nie

1. never; not

   Hy kan nie Afrikaans praat nie.

   He can't speak Afrikaans

Related terms

• niemand

Usage notes

This word has to be repeated at the end of a sentence (see the Wikipedia article about double negatives in Germanic languages). However, if the verb being negated is the last word of a phrase, nie does not have to be repeated (it should never occur twice back-to-back). Also, when a verb is being used like a present participle, generally nie will only occur once, after that verb.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ni/

Adverb

nie

1. (dialect) Short form of niet

Usage notes

• This is not a written form, though some people, in the Netherlands and Flanders, pronounce "niet" as "nie". There is almost no difference about informal or formal situations – nobody would notice the difference.

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French

Verb

nie

1. first-person singular present indicative of nier
2. third-person singular present indicative of nier
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of nier
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of nier
5. second-person singular imperative of nier

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German

Etymology

From Old High German nio.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /niː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Adverb

nie

1. never

Synonyms

• niemals
• nimmer

Derived terms

• nie und nimmer

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Mandarin

Romanization

nie

1. Nonstandard spelling of niē.
2. Nonstandard spelling of nié.
3. Nonstandard spelling of niě.
4. Nonstandard spelling of niè.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ɲɛ]

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Particle

nie

1. not
2. no
3. don't (used to form negatives)

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

nie

1. Obsolete spelling of nije.