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Bavarian[edit]
[a], [b], [c] ← 8 | 9 | 10 → [a], [b], [c] |
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Cardinal: nein, neine |
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Numeral[edit]
nein
German[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle High German nein, from a contraction of Old High German ni ein. Compare Old English nān, from ne ān (Modern English none, further contracted to no).
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
nein
Usage notes[edit]
- Nein, being the standard word, is acceptable in all contexts. Colloquial German has a strong tendency to prefer the alternative forms given above, however.
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
- jein
- Nein n
- nein doch! - certainly not!
- nein und abermals nein! - no and again no!
- verneinen
Further reading[edit]
Hunsrik[edit]
90 | ||
← 8 | 9 | 10 → |
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Cardinal: nein Ordinal: neint |
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Middle High German niun, from Old High German niun, from Proto-West Germanic *neun, from Proto-Germanic *newun.[1]
Cognate with German neun and Luxembourgish néng.
Pronunciation[edit]
Numeral[edit]
nein
- nine
- Is-es schun nein Uher?
- Is it nine o'clock already?
References[edit]
- ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “nein”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português [Riograndenser Hunsrickisch–Portuguese Dictionary][1] (in Portuguese), 3 edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 116
Old High German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
A contraction of ni + ein. Compare Old English nān.
Particle[edit]
nein
- no
- c. 825, Tatian, Diatessaron, translation, Chapter 13, verse 20.
- […] Bist thu wīzago? inti her antlingota nein […]
- […] Are you prophet? and he responded no […]
- c. 825, Tatian, Diatessaron, translation, Chapter 13, verse 20.
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- Eduard Sievers, Tatian. Lateinisch und altdeutsch mit ausführlichem Glossar, 2nd ed., 1892, p. 35
Pennsylvania German[edit]
< 8 | 9 | 10 > |
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Cardinal : nein Ordinal : neint | ||
Etymology[edit]
Compare German neun, Dutch negen, English nine.
Pronunciation[edit]
Numeral[edit]
nein
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