nie
Aba
editNoun
editnie
References
edit- D. T. Tryon, Towards a Classification of Solomon Islands Languages
Afrikaans
editEtymology
editFrom Dutch niet, nie, from Middle Dutch niwet, niet, from Old Dutch *niowiht, niewiht.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ni/ (generally)
- IPA(key): /‿i/ (commonly after a verb that ends in a consonant)
Audio: (file)
Adverb
editnie
- not
- Hy kan nie Afrikaans praat nie.
- He can't speak Afrikaans.
Usage notes
edit- This word has to be repeated at the end of a sentence, unless it is already the last word according to its natural position. (See the Wikipedia article about double negatives in Germanic languages.) Double negation is optional when the last word is another negator, such as nooit (“never”).
Related terms
editAlemannic German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German nio, from Old High German nio.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editnie
Dutch
editEtymology 1
editFrom niet, with dialectal end-t deletion and shortening of the ie-vowel.
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
editAdverb
editnie
Usage notes
edit- While the spelling nie and the invariable use of the corresponding pronunciation are dialectal, the standard word niet is not rarely given the same pronunciation, particularly in fast speech.
Etymology 2
editFrom Middle Dutch nie, from Old Dutch nie, from Proto-Germanic *ne *aiwaz. Cognate to German nie.
Equivalent to n- (“n-”) + ie (“ever”) (from Middle Dutch ie, from Old Dutch io).
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editnie
- (obsolete) never
- Synonyms: nooit, nimmer, nooit ofte nimmer
French
editPronunciation
editVerb
editnie
- inflection of nier:
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German nio, from Old High German nio.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editnie
- never, never at all (referring to an indefinite period of time)
- Das ist nie passiert! ― That has never happened!
- Wir werden die Wahrheit wohl nie erfahren. ― We'll probably never know the truth.
- never, not once (referring to a defined period of time; see usage notes below)
Usage notes
edit- (not once): In English it is quite common to use the word “never” referring to a defined period of time: “I was waiting all night, but he never called.” German generally prefers, and often requires, to use nicht (“not”) in such contexts, possibly emphasized by another adverb such as gar or überhaupt: Ich habe den ganzen Abend gewartet, aber er hat (gar) nicht angerufen. Using nie is only possible if such a period of time is (unusually) long, as in the example sentence above.
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editSee also
editprobability | 100 % | 90 % | 50 % | 10 % | 0 % |
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Adverb | immer | meistens | manchmal | selten | nie |
Further reading
edit- “nie” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “nie” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “nie” in Duden online
Anagrams
editHunsrik
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German nio, from Old High German nio.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editnie
- never
- Ich hon das nie gesihn.
- I've never seen that.
- Du sollst das nie mache.
- You should never do that.
Further reading
editIngrian
editEtymology
editFrom nittoa (“to fasten”) + -e. Akin to Finnish nide.
Pronunciation
edit- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈnie/, [ˈnie̞]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈnie/, [ˈnie̞]
- Rhymes: -ie
- Hyphenation: ni‧e
Noun
editnie
Declension
editDeclension of nie (type 6/lähe, t- gradation, gemination) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | nie | nitteet |
genitive | nitteen | nittein |
partitive | niettä | nitteitä |
illative | nitteesse | nitteisse |
inessive | nittees | nitteis |
elative | nitteest | nitteist |
allative | nitteelle | nitteille |
adessive | nitteel | nitteil |
ablative | nitteelt | nitteilt |
translative | nitteeks | nitteiks |
essive | nitteennä, nitteen | nitteinnä, nittein |
exessive1) | nitteent | nitteint |
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. |
References
edit- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 340
Iu Mien
editEtymology
editNoun
editnie
Japanese
editRomanization
editnie
Mandarin
editRomanization
editnie
- Nonstandard spelling of niē.
- Nonstandard spelling of nié.
- Nonstandard spelling of niě.
- Nonstandard spelling of niè.
Usage notes
edit- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Northern Sami
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editnie
Further reading
edit- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editFrom ni (“nine”).
Noun
editnie f (definite singular nia, uncountable)
References
edit- “nie” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
editOld Polish
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *ne. First attested in the 14th century.
Pronunciation
editParticle
editnie
Verb
editnie impf
Descendants
edit- Polish: nie
- Silesian: niy, ńy (Steuers Silesian alphabet), nie
References
edit- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “nie”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Plautdietsch
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Low German nîe, nü̂we, from Old Saxon niuwi. Related to West Frisian nij, Dutch nieuw, German neu, English new, Swedish ny.
Adjective
editnie
Polish
editPronunciation
editAudio 1: (file) Audio 2: (file) Audio 3: (file) Audio 4: (file) Audio 5: (file) - Rhymes: -ɛ
- Syllabification: nie
Etymology 1
edit
Inherited from Old Polish nie.
Particle
editnie
Alternative forms
editVerb
editnie impf (defective)
Related terms
editEtymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronoun
editnie
- accusative singular of ono
- accusative plural of one
Usage notes
editUsed only with prepositions. See Appendix:Polish pronouns.
Trivia
editAccording to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), nie is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 395 times in scientific texts, 446 times in news, 1225 times in essays, 2061 times in fiction, and 3714 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 8341 times, making it the 5th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]
References
editFurther reading
edit- nie in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- nie in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “nie”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “nie”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- “NIE”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 15.02.2015
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “nie”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “nie”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1904), “nie”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 3, Warsaw, page 252
Sardinian
editPronunciation
editNoun
editnie m (plural nies)
- (Logudorese) Alternative form of nibe (“snow”)
Serbo-Croatian
editVerb
editnie
Silesian
editEtymology
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
editParticle
editnie
- Alternative form of niy
Pronoun
editnie
- accusative singular of ôno
- accusative plural of ône
Usage notes
editUsed only with prepositions.
Further reading
edit- nie in silling.org
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