nee

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nee"

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Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Nêlêmwa-Nixumwak.

Symbol

nee

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Kumak.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Kumak terms

English

WOTD – 15 December 2011

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /neɪ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Audio (US); /neɪ/:

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• Rhymes: -eɪ
• Homophones: né, Neagh; nay, neigh (toe–tow merger)

Etymology 1

From French née, feminine of né, past participle of naître, to be born.

Adjective

nee (not comparable)

1. Alternative spelling of née.

Usage notes

• As some speakers do not regard it as a fully naturalised word in English, nee is often italicised.

Etymology 2

From French née (“(f)”) and né (“(m)”), past participle of naître, to be born. Mix of both gendered terms due to their homophony, resulting in a unisex term in English.

Alternative forms

• née

Adjective

nee (not comparable)

1. (North American English, unisex) Used when giving a former name. Originally known as.

   Coordinate terms: née (f), né (m)

Usage notes

• As some speakers do not regard it as a fully naturalized word in English, nee is often italicised.

Etymology

From Old English ne or nā (“no”). Cognate with Standard English no.

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /niː/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -iː
• Homophone: knee

Interjection

nee

1. (Geordie) no, used to express no as a quantity, i.e. not any, like German kein/Dutch geen/French rien. Compare with na.

   Nee way man! ― No way

   Thor's nee watter! ― There's no water!

Derived terms

• nee way

See also

• nee-naw
• nee nor

Anagrams

• -een, -ene, ENE, e'en, een

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈneː/ [ˈneː]
• Hyphenation: nee

Pronoun

née

1. Full form of né

References

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN, page 237
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch nee, from Middle Dutch neen, nee, from Old Dutch *nēn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /niəː/

• Audio:

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Particle

nee

1. no

Anagrams

• een

Dutch

Alternative forms

• neen

Etymology

From Middle Dutch neen, nee, from Old Dutch *nēn (“none, not one”), from *ne ēn, from Proto-Germanic *ne + *ainaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neː/
  • (Belgium) IPA^(key): [neː]
  • (Netherlands) IPA^(key): [neɪ̯]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: nee
• Rhymes: -eː

Interjection

nee

1. no

   Antonym: ja

   • 1992, A. F. Th. van der Heijden, Weerborstels, Em. Querido's Uitgeverij, page 23:

     Nee, de stemming zat er goed in.

     No, the atmosphere was great.

   Nee heb je al, ja kan je krijgen. ― The only way to find out if someone agrees (with/to something) is to ask. (literally, “You already have "no", but you may still get "yes".”)

Usage notes

• Nee is used to show disagreement or negation.

  Nee, je vergist je. ― No, you are mistaken.

  Nee, je mag nu geen televisie kijken ― No, you are not allowed to watch television now.

• Nee has an alternative form, neen. In Belgium, it functions as a stressed variant of nee. In the Netherlands, it is an archaic, formal form in spoken language, but was quite common in written language until recently.

Derived terms

• ja-neevraag
• nee verkopen
• neekamp
• neestem, nee-stem
• welnee

Descendants

• Afrikaans: nee
• Javindo: nee
• Skepi Creole Dutch: ne

Anagrams

• een, één, ene

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin nōn

Old French ne

Middle French ne

French nebor.

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Balto-Slavic *ne

Proto-Slavic *ne

Old Polish nie

Polish niebor.

▲

Proto-Slavic *ne

Russian не (ne)bor.

Esperanto ne

Esperanto -e

Esperanto nee

From ne (“no”) + -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnee/
• Rhymes: -ee
• Syllabification: ne‧e

Adverb

nee

1. rejectingly, denyingly, with the word no

   respondi nee ― to reply no

   voĉdoni nee ― to vote no

   nee kapskui ― to shake one's head no

   decidi nee ― to decide no

Antonyms

• jese (“affirmatively, with the word yes”)

Related terms

• nea (“negative, denying, rejecting”)

Further reading

• “nee”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN

Finnish

Finnish numbers ^(edit)

	40
[a], [b] ←  3	4	5  →
Cardinal: neljä     Colloquial counting form: nee, nel     Ordinal: neljäs     Colloquial ordinal: nelkki (regional)     Ordinal abbreviation: 4., 4:s     Digit name: nelonen     Adverbial: neljästi     Multiplier: nelinkertainen     Distributive: nelittäin     Fractional: neljäsosa, neljännes
Finnish Wikipedia article on 4

Etymology

< neljä, specifically the initial syllable

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈneː/, [ˈne̞ː]
• Rhymes: -eː
• Syllabification^(key): nee
• Hyphenation^(key): nee

Numeral

nee (colloquial)

1. (counting) four

   yy, kaa, koo, nee ― one, two, three, four

See also

• neljä (“four”)

Anagrams

• een

German

Alternative forms

• ne

Etymology

Of dialectal origin, particularly German Low German nee (“no”). Cognate to Dutch nee, English no.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neː/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Interjection

nee

1. (colloquial, regional) alternative form of nein (“no”)

Usage notes

• Nee is the most common colloquial word for “no” in northern and central Germany. It has also come to be used quite regularly in southern Germany, but is not used in Austria or Switzerland.

Further reading

• “nee” in Duden online
• “nee”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[2] (in German)

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neː/

Adverb

nee

1. no

Further reading

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “nee”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

Iraqw

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-South Cushitic *nêe (“with”). Cognate with Burunge ne, Alagwa ne.

Preposition

nee

1. and, by, with, also

References

• Mous, Maarten; Qorro, Martha; Kießling, Roland (2002), Iraqw-English Dictionary (Kuschitische Sprachstudien), volume 18, Köln, Germany: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, page 66

Low German

Etymology 1

Ultimately cognate to German nein, Dutch nee and neen, English no and none.

Alternative forms

• nei, nää, nä (Low Prussian)
• ne, neh, nej (various dialects)

Adverb

nee

1. (in some dialects, including Low Prussian) no

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German nîe, nige, neye, nîwe, nü̂we, from Old Saxon niuwi, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos (“new”). Compare Dutch nieuw, West Frisian nij, English new, German neu, Swedish ny.

Alternative forms

• ni, nie, nige, nig, neei
• nij (Gronings)
• niej (Dutch Low Saxon)

Adjective

nee (comparative ne'er, superlative neest)

1. (in many dialects) new

Declension

Positive forms of nee

gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		he is nee	se is nee	dat is nee	se sünd nee
partitive		een Ne'es	een Ne'es	wat Ne'es	allens Ne'e
strong declension (without article)	nominative	ne'e	ne'e	nee	ne'e
	oblique	ne'en	ne'e	nee	ne'e
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	de ne'e	de ne'e	dat ne'e	de ne'en
	oblique	den ne'en	de ne'e	dat ne'e	de ne'en
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	en ne'e/ne'en	en ne'e	en nee/ne'et	(keen) ne'en
	oblique	en ne'en	en ne'e	en nee/ne'et	(keen) ne'en

Comparative forms of nee

gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		he is ne'er	se is ne'er	dat is ne'er	se sünd ne'er
partitive		een ne'ers	een ne'ers	wat ne'ers	allens ne'er
strong declension (without article)	nominative	ne'ere	ne'ere	ne'er	ne'ere
	oblique	ne'ern	ne'ere	ne'er	ne'ere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	de ne'ere	de ne'ere	dat ne'ere	de ne'ern
	oblique	den ne'ern	de ne'ere	dat ne'ere	de ne'ern
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	en ne'ere/ne'eren	en ne'ere	en ne'er	(keen) ne'ern
	oblique	en ne'ern	en ne'ere	en ne'er	(keen) ne'ern

Superlative forms of nee

gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		he is de Neeste	se is de Neeste	dat is dat Neeste	se sünd de Neesten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	neeste	neeste	neest	neeste
	oblique	neesten	neeste	neest	neeste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	de neeste	de neeste	dat neeste	de neesten
	oblique	den neesten	de neeste	dat neeste	de neesten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	en neeste/neesten	en neeste	en neest	(keen) neesten
	oblique	en neesten	en neeste	en neest	(keen) neesten

Note: This declension is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

Derived terms

• Neeheit

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neː/

• Audio:

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Adverb

nee

1. alternative form of neen

Manx

Etymology 1

From Old Irish do·gní.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nʲiː/

Verb

nee

1. future independent analytic form of jean

   Nee eh jannoo eh. ― He will do it. (literally, “He will do do it.”)

   Quoi nee eh agh mish? ― Who will do it but me?

Etymology 2

From Old Irish ní.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nʲeː/

Particle

nee

1. negative and interrogative form of she

   Nee uss y fer lhee? ― Are you the doctor?

   Cha nee eshyn ren eh. ― It's not him that did it.

See also

• re (dependent form used with dy, nagh)

Middle English

Verb

nee

1. (Catholicon Anglicum) alternative form of neyen

Muna

Etymology

Cognate with Balantak ngoor.

Noun

nee

1. nose

References

• “nee” in Webonary.org

Navajo

Postposition

nee

1. with you, by means of you

Inflection

Forms of nee

	singular	duoplural
1st person	shee	nihee
2nd person	nee	nihee
3rd person	bee
4th person (3o)	yee
4th person (3a)	hee
4th person (3i)	ee	—
reflexive	ádee	—
reciprocal	—	ahee

Nǀuu

Interjection

nee

1. No.

Synonyms

• nǃooʻi (Western)

Antonyms

• ee
• cee

References

1. Shah, S. & Brenzinger, M. (2016). Ouma Geelmeid ke kx’u ǁxaǁxa Nǀuu. Cape Town: CALDi, University of Cape Town.
2. Sands, Bonny & Jones, Kerry & Esau, Katrina & Collins, Chris & Witzlack-Makarevich, Alena & Job, Sylvanus & Miller, Amanda & Steyn, Betta & Zaanen, Menno & Namaseb, Levi & Berg, Dietloff & Mantzel, Dotty & Damarah, Willem & Snyman, Claudia & Wyk, David & Brugman, Johanna & Exter, Mats & Vaalbooi, Antjie & Westhuizen, Mietjie. (2022). Nǀuuki Namagowab Afrikaans English ǂXoakiǂxanisi/Mîdi di ǂKhanis/Woordeboek/Dictionary.

Pennsylvania German

Interjection

nee

1. no

Votic

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivčülä) IPA^(key): /ˈneː/, [ˈnʲeː]
• (Jõgõperä) IPA^(key): /ˈneː/, [ˈneː]
• (Central Votic) IPA^(key): /ˈneː/, [ˈneː] ~ [ˈni̯e]
• (Eastern Votic) IPA^(key): /ˈneː/, [ˈneː]
• Rhymes: -eː
• Hyphenation: nee

Pronoun

nee

1. alternative form of need

References

• Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “ne”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎^[3], 2nd edition, Tallinn

West Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neː/

Interjection

nee

1. no

Further reading

• “nee”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011