See also: nicht-

Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch nichte, from Old Dutch *nift, from Proto-West Germanic *nifti, from Proto-Germanic *niftiz, from Proto-Indo-European *néptih₂.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /nɪxt/
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  • Hyphenation: nicht
  • Rhymes: -ɪxt

Noun

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nicht f (plural nichten, diminutive nichtje n)

  1. female cousin; daughter of someone's uncle or aunt
    Mijn nicht is een jaar jonger dan ik en we zijn goede vriendinnen.
    My female cousin is one year younger than me, and we are good friends.
  2. niece; daughter of someone's brother or sister
    Mijn broer en zijn vrouw hebben twee nichten, een tweeling.
    My brother and his wife have two nieces, twins.
  3. niece; daughter of someone's brother- or sister-in-law
    Mijn oom van vaders kant heeft drie nichten, waarvan er twee getrouwd zijn.
    My paternal uncle has three nieces, two of whom are married.

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: niggie (from the Hollandic diminutive nichie)
  • Negerhollands: nechi, nechtje, negje

Noun

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nicht m (plural nichten, diminutive nichtje n)

  1. (sometimes derogatory) male homosexual, a gay man; in particular one who is camp or effeminate

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German

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Alternative forms

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  • nich, nich' (informal writing, reflecting the common pronunciation)
  • net, nit (colloquial; in central Germany, southern Germany, Austria)

Etymology

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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

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  • 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)
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  • Rhymes: -ɪçt, -ɪç

Adverb

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nicht

  1. 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.

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Interjection

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nicht?

  1. (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

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  • nicht” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • nicht” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • nicht” in Duden online

Kashubian

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Etymology

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Clipping of Proto-Slavic *nikъto. By surface analysis, ni- +‎ chto.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɲixt/
  • Rhymes: -ixt
  • Syllabification: nicht

Pronoun

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nicht

  1. nobody, no one

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Further reading

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  • Stefan Ramułt (1893) “ńixt”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 127
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “nikt”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[1]
  • nicht”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Polish

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Pronoun

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nicht m pers

  1. (Middle Polish, Kuyavia) Alternative form of nikt

Further reading

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  • Oskar Kolberg (1867) “nicht”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 273

Scots

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Etymology

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From Old English niht.

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Noun

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nicht (plural nichts)

  1. night, evening
  2. (definite singular) tonight
    • It's a braw, bricht, moonlit nicht the nicht. It's a beautiful, bright moonlit night tonight.

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West Frisian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Dutch nicht.

Noun

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nicht c (plural nichten, diminutive nichtsje)

  1. female cousin
    Coordinate term: neef
  2. (archaic) niece

Further reading

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  • nicht”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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