niks
See also: Niks
Afrikaans
Etymology
Pronoun
niks
Danish
Etymology
From Low German niks (“nothing”) and German nichts.
Pronunciation
Interjection
niks or nix
Pronoun
niks
Related terms
References
- “niks” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
Probably from colloquial and dialectal German nix.[1]
Pronunciation
Pronoun
niks
Alternative forms
- nix (slang, deliberate misspelling)
Synonyms
Derived terms
Adjective
niks (used only predicatively, comparative meer niks, superlative meest niks)
- disagreeable, distasteful, not liking
- Ik vind het niks dat ze hier huizen gaan bouwen.
- I don't like that they're going to build houses here.
- uninteresting
- Jij mag deze schilderijen geweldig vinden, maar voor mij is het niks.
- You may think these paintings are great, but they're not interesting for me.
References
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “niets”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
Anagrams
Low German
Pronoun
niks
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Low German niks (“nothing”) and German nichts.
Pronunciation
Interjection
niks
Pronoun
niks
References
“niks” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Low German niks (“nothing”) and German nichts.
Pronunciation
Interjection
niks
Pronoun
niks
References
“niks” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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