nix
English
Etymology 1
From German nix, colloquial form of nichts (“nothing”)[1][2]. Compare also Dutch niks (“nothing”), informal for niets (“nothing”). More at naught.
Pronunciation
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- Homophone: nicks
Noun
nix (uncountable)
- (colloquial) Nothing. [from 1789]
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Verb
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- To make something become nothing; to reject or cancel. [from 1903]
- 1935 July 17, “Sticks Nix Hick Pix”, in Variety, page 1:
- 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.
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Interjection
nix
- (obsolete) A warning cry when a policeman etc. was sighted in the street.
Related terms
References
- ^ “nix”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “nix”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Etymology 2
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
nix (plural nixes)
- A treacherous water-spirit; a nixie.
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Anagrams
Classical Nahuatl
Pronunciation
Noun
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
Etymology
From German nichts (“nothing”).
Pronunciation
Interjection
nix or niks
Pronoun
nix
- (non-standard form of) niks
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
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
Pronoun
nix
German
Etymology
A widespread form in dialects all over the German language area, probably the same as standard nichts, viz. a contraction of it.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
nix
- (colloquial) Alternative form of nichts (“nothing”)
- Ich hab nix gesehen. ― I saw nothing.
Descendants
- → English: nix
Interjection
nix
- no way!
- Nix! Jetzt ist Schluss hier!
- No way! That's it now!
Further reading
- “nix” in Duden online
Latin
Etymology
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From Proto-Italic *sniks (stem *sniɣʷ-), from Proto-Indo-European *snígʷʰs (“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
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /niks/, [nɪks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /niks/, [niks]
Noun
nix f (genitive nivis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | nix | nivēs |
Genitive | nivis | nivium |
Dative | nivī | nivibus |
Accusative | nivem | nivēs nivīs |
Ablative | nive | nivibus |
Vocative | nix | nivēs |
Related terms
Descendants
- 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
- Portuguese: neve
- Romanian: nea
- Romansch: naiv, nev
- Sardinian: nii, nie
- Sicilian: nivi
- Spanish: nieve
- Venetian: neve
References
- “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
Alternative forms
Pronoun
nix
Derived terms
- nix för ungud (Paderbornisch); nix för ungood/nix för ungod (North-Western)
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
Pronoun
nix
Swedish
Interjection
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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