nicht
See also: nicht-
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch nichte, from Old Dutch *nift, from Proto-Germanic *niftiz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɪxt/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: nicht
- Rhymes: -ɪxt
Noun
nicht f (plural nichten, diminutive nichtje n)
- female cousin; daughter of someone's uncle or aunt
- niece; daughter of someone's brother or sister
- niece; daughter of someone's brother- or sister-in-law
Alternative forms
- nift (obsolete, Holland)
- nifte (obsolete, Holland)
Derived terms
- achternicht
Descendants
- Negerhollands: nechi, nechtje, negje
Noun
nicht m (plural nichten, diminutive nichtje n)
- (sometimes derogatory) male homosexual, a gay man; in particular one who is camp or effeminate
Derived terms
- leernicht
- nichtendom
- nichterig
- relnicht
- pisnicht
German
Alternative forms
- nich, nich' (informal writing, reflecting the common pronunciation)
- net, nit (colloquial; in central Germany, southern Germany, Austria)
Etymology
From Middle High German niwiht, niweht, niht, a contracted form of Old High German niowiht, from nio (“never”) + wiht (“being, creature”), the last from Proto-Germanic *wihtą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɪçt/
- IPA(key): [nɪçt] (predominant)
- IPA(key): [niçt] (Bavaria; parts of Austria; Ruhrgebiet)
- IPA(key): [nɪxt], [nixt], [-χt] (Switzerland; parts of Austria)
- IPA(key): [nɪɕt], [nəɕt], [-ʃt] (parts of central Germany)
- IPA(key): /nɪç/ (common speech; quasi-standard in northern and central Germany; alternations as above)
audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɪçt, -ɪç
Adverb
nicht
- not, non- (negates the meaning of a verb, adjective, or adverb)
- Bitte nicht stören!
- Please do not disturb!
- Das ist nicht wahr.
- That is not true.
Derived terms
- nichtig
- Nichtigkeit
Interjection
nicht?
- (tag question, dated or formal) right?; is it?; is it not?
- Synonyms: gell, ne, nicht wahr, oder, oder nicht, wa
- Du bist sicher die Claudia, nicht?
- You must be Claudia, aren't you?
Further reading
- “nicht” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “nicht” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “nicht” in Duden online
Kashubian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *nikъto.
Pronoun
nicht
- nobody, no one
Scots
Etymology
From Old English niht.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɪçt/, /nixt/
Noun
nicht (plural nichts)
- night, evening
- c. 1495, William Dunbar, The Tua Mariit Wemen and the Wedo:
- Apon the Midsummer evin, mirriest of nichtis, / I muvit furth allane [...].
- c. 1495, William Dunbar, The Tua Mariit Wemen and the Wedo:
- (definite singular) tonight
- It's a braw, bricht, moonlit nicht the nicht. It's a beautiful, bright moonlit night tonight.
Derived terms
- fortnicht
West Frisian
Alternative forms
- nift
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch nicht.
Noun
nicht c (plural nichten, diminutive nichtsje)
- female cousin
- Coordinate term: neef
- (archaic) niece
Further reading
- “nicht”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011