English
Etymology
From *nift + -y. First element is of unknown origin. Possibly theatrical slang, as a shortened, altered form of magnificat.
Pronunciation
Adjective
nifty (comparative niftier, superlative niftiest)
- (colloquial) Good, smart; useful or beneficial.
- a nifty trick for reducing your household energy bill
- (colloquial) Stylish.
Translations
good, useful
- Dutch: leuk (nl),nuttig (nl),vlot (nl)
- Faroese: hegnigur, snildur, smartur, snøggur
- Finnish: näppärä (fi)
- French: (colloquial) chouette (fr) c
- German: flott (de), schlau (de), raffiniert (de), elegant (de), schick (de), geschickt (de), hübsch (de), toll (de), pfiffig (de), ausgefeilt
- Italian: valido (it), buono (it)
- Maori: whaitake, whaihua
- (deprecated template usage)
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- Norwegian: flink (no), hendig
- Portuguese: bom (pt) m
- Russian: отли́чный (ru) (otlíčnyj), кла́ссный (ru) (klássnyj)
- Spanish: bueno (es), chulo (es), bonito (es), ingenioso (es)
- Swedish: fiffig (sv)
- Turkish: havalı (tr), güzel (tr), hoş (tr), kullanışlı (tr)
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