nei

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Central Franconian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle High German niuwe, from Old High German niuwi.

Adjective

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nei

  1. (Moselle Franconian) new

Chuukese

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Determiner

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nei

  1. First-person singular possessive; my (used with a special class of objects including living things)
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East Central German

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Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

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nei

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) in (away from the speaker)
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From Middle High German niuwe, from Old High German niuwi, from Proto-West Germanic *niwi, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos.

Adjective

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nei

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) new
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Further reading

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  • 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 89:

Esperanto

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Etymology

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From ne (no) +‎ -i (infinitive verb suffix).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈnei]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ei
  • Hyphenation: ne‧i

Verb

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nei (present neas, past neis, future neos, conditional neus, volitive neu)

  1. to say no, to reply in negation or disagreement
    Antonym: jesi
    nei demandon / nei al demandoto say no to a question
    Ŝi neis per kapskuo.She replied no with a shake of the head.
  2. to deny (assert that something is not true)
    Synonym: negi
    nei la ekziston de Dioto deny the existence of God
    Oni simple ne povas nei faktojn.You simply can't deny facts.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse nei, from Proto-Germanic *nai (never), *nē (not), from Proto-Indo-European *ne, *nē, *nēy (negative particle).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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nei

  1. no
    Synonym: neiggj
    Antonyms: ja, , júgv

German Low German

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Alternative forms

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Adverb

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nei

  1. (Low Prussian) Alternative form of nee

Gothic

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Romanization

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nei

  1. Romanization of 𐌽𐌴𐌹

Hunsrik

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Etymology

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From Middle High German niuwe, from Old High German niuwi.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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nei (comparative neier, superlative neiest)

  1. new

Declension

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Declension of nei (see also Appendix:Hunsrik adjectives)
masculine feminine neuter plural
Weak inflection nominative nei nei nei neie
accusative neie nei nei neie
dative neie neie neie neie
Strong inflection nominative neier neie neies neie
accusative neie neie neies neie
dative neiem neier neiem neie

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse nei, from Proto-Germanic *nai (never), *nē (not), from Proto-Indo-European *ne, *nē, *nēy (negative particle).

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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nei

  1. no
    Synonyms: (informal) neibb, nau, (children's slang) nauts
    Antonyms: , (children's slang) júts, (implies a positive contradiction, used to contradict a negative)
  2. exclamation indicating being pleasantly surprised
    Nei, en gaman!Oh how fun!
    Nei, hæ!What a surprise to see you here!

Noun

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nei n (genitive singular neis, nominative plural nei)

  1. a no

Anagrams

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Italian

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Contraction

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nei

  1. contraction of in i; in the

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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nei m

  1. plural of neo

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 nei in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  2. ^ nei in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Anagrams

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Latin

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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neī

  1. genitive singular of neon

Adverb

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nei

  1. Early Latin form of
    • c. 500 BC, Garigliano bowl:
      𐌍𐌄𐌉[- - -]𐌐𐌀𐌓𐌉𐌌𐌄𐌃𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌𐌊𐌏𐌌𐌌𐌄𐌏𐌉𐌔𐌔𐌏𐌊𐌉𐌏𐌉𐌔𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌖𐌏𐌉𐌀𐌃𐌃𐌄𐌏𐌌𐌃𐌖𐌏
      NEIPARIMEDESOMKOMMEOISSOKIOISTRIVOIADDEOMDVO
      nei pari med esom kom meois sokiois trifos audeom duo[m]
      Do not take me! I am with my three companions (property) of the two Audii

Lithuanian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic: cognate to Latvian nei, Proto-Slavic *ni .[1]

Pronunciation

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Conjunction

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nei

  1. neither ... nor
  2. than
    Synonym:

References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “331”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page nei

Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From Middle High German niuwe, from Old High German niuwi. Cognate with German neu, Dutch nieuw, English new, West Frisian nij.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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nei (masculine neien, neuter neit, comparative méi nei, superlative am neisten)

  1. new

Declension

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Mandarin

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Romanization

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nei (nei5nei0, Zhuyin ˙ㄋㄟ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of

Romanization

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nei

  1. Nonstandard spelling of néi.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of něi.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of nèi.

Usage notes

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  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

North Frisian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian , from Proto-West Germanic *niwi, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz. Cognates include West Frisian nij.

Adjective

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nei

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) new
    en neien waanja new car
    nei eerdaaplernew potatoes

Inflection

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse nei, from Proto-Germanic *nai (never), *nē (not), from Proto-Indo-European *ne, *nē, *nēy (negative particle).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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nei

  1. no
    Antonyms: ja, jo
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Interjection

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nei

  1. no

Noun

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nei n (definite singular neiet, indefinite plural nei, definite plural neia or neiene)

  1. no

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse nei, from Proto-Germanic *nai (never), *nē (not), from Proto-Indo-European *ne, *nē, *nēy (negative particle).

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Interjection

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nei

  1. no (used to show disagreement or negation)
    Antonyms: jau, jo
  2. no (used to express displeasure)
    Antonym: ja

Noun

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nei n (definite singular neiet, indefinite plural nei, definite plural neia)

  1. a no
    Antonyms: ja, jo

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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nei

  1. imperative of neia

Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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nei n

  1. (non-standard since 2012) definite plural of ne

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Old Frisian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *nēhw (near). Cognates include Old English nēah and Old Saxon nāh.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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nēi (comparative niār, superlative nēst)

  1. near

Preposition

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nēi (+ dative)

  1. after, according to

Descendants

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  • Saterland Frisian: nai
  • West Frisian: nei

References

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  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *nai (never), *nē (not), from Proto-Indo-European *ne, *nē, *nēy (negative particle).

Adverb

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nei

  1. no

Descendants

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References

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  • nei”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Pennsylvania German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German niuwe, from Old High German niuwi. Compare German neu, Dutch nieuw, English new.

Adjective

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nei

  1. new

Rapa Nui

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Noun

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nei

  1. here

Pronoun

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nei

  1. this

Tokelauan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *nei. Cognates include Hawaiian nei and Samoan nei.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈne.i]
  • Hyphenation: ne‧i

Determiner

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nei

  1. this, these

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Adverb

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nei

  1. now

Particle

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nei

  1. Emphasises a question; what do you say?

References

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  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 250

Welsh

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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nei (not mutable)

  1. second-person singular future colloquial of gwneud

West Frisian

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Preposition

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nei

  1. towards
  2. after (time)