niste

See also: niște

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɪstə/

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Verb

niste

1. inflection of nisten:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Middle English

Contraction

niste

1. ne wiste; did not know
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Wyfe of Bathes Prologue”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:

     So dronk he was he niste what he wrought.

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References

• “niste”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse nesti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²nɪstə/

Noun

niste f (definite singular nista, indefinite plural nister, definite plural nistene)

1. food that is brought along to eat at school, at work, on a trip, etc., a packed lunch

   Me tok med brødskiver med ost og eit par appelsiner til niste.

   We brought with us cheese sandwiches and a couple of oranges for niste.

References

• “niste” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Standard Montenegrin) nijèste
• (regional, chiefly Serbia) néste
• (historical, regional) nijéste

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ne + *este, second-person plural present tense form of *byti. This formation later created *ne jesmъ in the South Slavic vernaculars, which merged to become něste (attested in the 14th century). Because of the yat reflex, něste became rendered as niste in Ikavian speeches.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nǐːste/
• Hyphenation: ni‧ste

Verb

níste (Cyrillic spelling ни́сте)

1. (Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia) negative second-person plural present of biti

References

• “niste”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
• Pero Budmani, editor (1892–1897), “jesam”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika‎^[1] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 4, Zagreb: JAZU, page 606

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nìːstɛ/

Verb

níste

1. negative second-person plural present of bíti