nier
See also: Nier and nièr
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch nier.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nir/, [niːr]
Audio (file)
Noun
nier (plural niere)
- kidney
Danish
Noun
nier c (singular definite nieren, plural indefinite niere)
- nine (the card rank between eight and ten)
Inflection
Declension of nier
| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | nier | nieren | niere | nierene |
| genitive | niers | nierens | nieres | nierenes |
See also
| Playing cards in Danish · kort, spillekort (layout · text) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| es | toer | treer | firer | femmer | sekser | syver |
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| otter | nier | tier | knægt, bonde | dame, dronning | konge | joker |
References
- “nier” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch niere, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *neurô, from Proto-Indo-European *negʷʰrós.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nir/, [niːr]
audio (file) - Hyphenation: nier
- Rhymes: -ir
Noun
nier f (plural nieren, diminutive niertje n)
- A kidney.
- (especially in the diminutive) An animal kidney eaten as a food.
- Ze aten een pastei met niertjes.
- They ate a pasty with kidneys.
Derived terms
- kunstnier
- nierkwaal
- nierontsteking
- niersteen
- niertransplantatie
- nierziekte
Descendants
- Afrikaans: nier
- Negerhollands: nier
- → Papiamentu: nir, nier
Anagrams
- erin, rein
French
Etymology
From Old French noiier (stressed stem ni-), from Latin negāre, present active infinitive of negō. Reformed to avoid confusion with noyer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nje/, /ni.e/
audio (file)
Verb
nier
- to deny
Conjugation
Conjugation of nier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | nier | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | niant /njɑ̃/ or /ni.ɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | nié /nje/ or /ni.e/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | nie /ni/ | nies /ni/ | nie /ni/ | nions /njɔ̃/ or /ni.ɔ̃/ | niez /nje/ or /ni.e/ | nient /ni/ |
| imperfect | niais /njɛ/ or /ni.ɛ/ | niais /njɛ/ or /ni.ɛ/ | niait /njɛ/ or /ni.ɛ/ | niions /ni.jɔ̃/ | niiez /ni.je/ | niaient /njɛ/ or /ni.ɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | niai /nje/ or /ni.e/ | nias /nja/ or /ni.a/ | nia /nja/ or /ni.a/ | niâmes /njam/ or /ni.am/ | niâtes /njat/ or /ni.at/ | nièrent /njɛʁ/ or /ni.ɛʁ/ | |
| future | nierai /ni.ʁe/ or /ni.ə.ʁe/ | nieras /ni.ʁa/ or /ni.ə.ʁa/ | niera /ni.ʁa/ or /ni.ə.ʁa/ | nierons /ni.ʁɔ̃/ or /ni.ə.ʁɔ̃/ | nierez /ni.ʁe/ or /ni.ə.ʁe/ | nieront /ni.ʁɔ̃/ or /ni.ə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | nierais /ni.ʁɛ/ or /ni.ə.ʁɛ/ | nierais /ni.ʁɛ/ or /ni.ə.ʁɛ/ | nierait /ni.ʁɛ/ or /ni.ə.ʁɛ/ | nierions /ni.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ni.ə.ʁjɔ̃/ | nieriez /ni.ʁje/ or /ni.ə.ʁje/ | nieraient /ni.ʁɛ/ or /ni.ə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | nie /ni/ | nies /ni/ | nie /ni/ | niions /ni.jɔ̃/ | niiez /ni.je/ | nient /ni/ |
| imperfect2 | niasse /njas/ or /ni.as/ | niasses /njas/ or /ni.as/ | niât /nja/ or /ni.a/ | niassions /nja.sjɔ̃/ or /ni.a.sjɔ̃/ | niassiez /nja.sje/ or /ni.a.sje/ | niassent /njas/ or /ni.as/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | nie /ni/ | — | nions /njɔ̃/ or /ni.ɔ̃/ | niez /nje/ or /ni.e/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
- dénier
Further reading
- “nier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- rein, rien