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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From German nix, colloquial form of nichts (“nothing”).[1][2] Compare also Dutch niks (“nothing”), informal for niets (“nothing”). More at naught.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
nix (uncountable)
- (colloquial) Nothing. [from 1789]
- 1912, Edna Ferber, “Maymeys from Cuba”, in Buttered Side Down:
- "That's a clean lift from Kipling—or is it Conan Doyle? Anyway, I've read something just like it before. Say, kid, guess what these magazine guys get for a full page ad.? Nix. That's just like a woman. Three thousand straight. Fact."
- 1920, Harold MacGrath, chapter 26, in The Drums of Jeopardy:
- "I can take you down, Miss Conover, but I cannot take Mr. Hawksley. When the boss gives me an order I obey it—if I possibly can. On the day the boss tells me you can go strolling, I'll give you the key to the city. Until then, nix! No use arguing, Mr. Hawksley."
Translations[edit]
colloquial: nothing
Verb[edit]
nix (third-person singular simple present nixes, present participle nixing, simple past and past participle nixed)
- To make something become nothing; to reject or cancel. [from 1903]
- 1935 July 17, “Sticks Nix Hick Pix”, in Variety, volume 119, number 5, page 1:
- Sticks Nix Hick Pix [headline]
- 2012 June 17, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Homer’s Triple Bypass” (season 4, episode 11; originally aired 12/17/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club[1]:
- At work Mr. Burns spies Homer munching complacently on a donut and hisses that each donut Homer shoves into his fat face brings him one donut closer to the poisoned donut Mr. Burns has ordered thrown into the mix as a form of culinary Russian Roulette, only to learn from Smithers that the plant’s lawyers ultimately nixed the poisoned donut plan because “they consider it murder.”
- To destroy or eradicate.
Translations[edit]
to reject or cancel
to destroy
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Interjection[edit]
nix
- (obsolete) A warning cry when a policeman or schoolmaster etc. was seen approaching.
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From German Nix, from Middle High German nickes, niches, from Old High German nichus, nihhus, from Proto-Germanic *nikwus (“water-spirit; nix”), from Proto-Indo-European *neygʷ- (“to wash”). Cognate with Old English nicor (“a water-monster; hippopotamus”).
Noun[edit]
nix (plural nixes)
- A treacherous water-spirit; a nixie.
Translations[edit]
water spirit
Anagrams[edit]
Classical Nahuatl[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
nīx (inanimate)
- first-person singular possessive singular of īxtli; (it is) my eye.
- first-person singular possessive plural of īxtli; (they are) my eyes.
Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From German nichts (“nothing”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
nix or niks
Pronoun[edit]
nix
- (non-standard form of) niks
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
nix m (plural nixen)
- nix, nixie (water spirit)
- 1956, s-Gravenhage. Maandblad der gemeente 's-Gravenhage, page 14.
- Zijn dit nu de nixen van Heinrich Heine of de zwanen van de Scandinavische ballades?
- Are these then Heinrich Heine's nixes or the swans of Scandinavian ballads?
- Synonyms: nikker, watergeest
- 1956, s-Gravenhage. Maandblad der gemeente 's-Gravenhage, page 14.
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
nix
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
A widespread form in dialects all over the German language area, probably the same as standard nichts, viz. a contraction of it.
Pronunciation[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
nix
- (colloquial) Alternative form of nichts (“nothing”)
- Ich hab nix gesehen. ― I saw nothing.
Descendants[edit]
- → English: nix
Interjection[edit]
nix
- no way!
- Nix! Jetzt ist Schluss hier!
- No way! That's it now!
Further reading[edit]
- “nix” in Duden online
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Italic *sniks (with oblique stem *sniɣʷ- > niv-), from Proto-Indo-European *snéygʷʰs (“snow”), root noun derived from *sneygʷʰ- (“to snow”) (whence also Latin nivit, ningit, ninguit). Direct cognates include Ancient Greek νίφα (nípha) and Old Irish snechtae and indirectly also Sanskrit स्नेह (sneha) and Old English snāw and snīwan (English snow and snew).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
nix f (genitive nivis); third declension
- snow
- (figuratively) white hair
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | nix | nivēs |
| Genitive | nivis | nivium |
| Dative | nivī | nivibus |
| Accusative | nivem | nivēs nivīs |
| Ablative | nive | nivibus |
| Vocative | nix | nivēs |
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Aromanian: neao, neauã
- Asturian: ñeve, nieve
- Bourguignon: noige
- Catalan: neu
- Dalmatian: nai
- Esperanto: neĝo
- Franc-Comtois: noidge
- Franco-Provençal: nê, neu
- Friulian: nêf, nêv
- Galician: neve
- Istro-Romanian: ne
- Italian: neve
- Kabuverdianu: nevi
- Ladin: nëif
- Occitan: nèu
- Old French: noif, noi, neige
- French: neige
- Portuguese: neve
- Romanian: nea
- Romansch: naiv, nev
- Sardinian: nie, nibe, nive, ni
- Sicilian: nivi
- Spanish: nieve
- Venetian: neve
References[edit]
- nix in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- nix in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Low German[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
nix
Derived terms[edit]
- nix för ungud (Paderbornisch); nix för ungood/nix för ungod (North-Western)
Pennsylvania German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
nix
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From German nichts (“nothing”)
Interjection[edit]
nix
- (slang) not, no (negative response to a question)
- Någon undrade om guldfonder, men nix sade Claes, alltför osäkert.
- Someone asked about gold funds, but Claes said "nope, too risky".
- – Är det någon vi känner? Frågade pappa. – Nix, svarade jag.
- Dad asked "Is it someone we know?" "No", I answered.
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