nää

nää

See also: naa, náa, and ñaa

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• nee, nèè, nä, në

Etymology

From Old High German neman, from Proto-Germanic *nemaną, from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to give or take ones due”). Compare German nehmen, Dutch nemen, English nim, Icelandic nema, Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (niman).

Pronunciation

• (Zurich) IPA^(key): [nɛː].

Verb

nää (third-person singular simple present nimt, past participle gnaa, past subjunctive nääm, auxiliary haa)

1. to take
   • 1978, Rolf Lyssy and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript):

     Würed Si bitte im Wartzimmer Platz nä?

     Would you like to take a seat in the waiting-room?

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnæː/, [ˈnæː]
• Rhymes: -æː
• Syllabification^(key): nää

Pronoun

nää

1. (colloquial) nominative of nämä

See also

• nämä

Etymology 2

From sinä, possibly through intermediate snää. Compare dialectal sää.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnæː/, [ˈnæː]
• Rhymes: -æː
• Syllabification^(key): nää

Pronoun

nää

1. (dialectal, Oulu) Synonym of sinä

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnæːˣ/, [ˈnæː(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -æː
• Syllabification^(key): nää

Verb

nää

1. (colloquial) present active indicative connegative of nähdä
2. (colloquial) second-person singular present imperative of nähdä
3. (colloquial) second-person singular present active imperative connegative of nähdä

Derived terms

• älä unta nää

See also

• näe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnæː/, [ˈnæː]
• Rhymes: -æː
• Syllabification^(key): nää

Interjection

nää

1. Alternative form of nääh

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German Low German

Alternative forms

• nä
• (Low Prussian) nei; nee
• (in various dialects) ne, neh, nej

Adverb

nää

1. (Low Prussian) Alternative form of nee