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3 letters words from 'nie'

NIE 3 

2 letters words from 'nie'

EN 2IN 2
NE 2 

All 3 letters words made out of nie

nie ine nei eni ien ein

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word nie. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in nie.

Definitions and meaning of nie

nie

Aba

Noun

nie

  1. water

References

  • D. T. Tryon, Towards a Classification of Solomon Islands Languages

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch niet, nie, from Middle Dutch niwet, niet, from Old Dutch *niowiht, niewiht.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ni/ (generally)
  • IPA(key): /‿i/ (commonly after a verb that ends in a consonant)

Adverb

nie

  1. not

Usage notes

  • 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

  • niemand
  • niks

Alemannic German

Pronunciation

  • (Zurich) IPA(key): /niə/

Adverb

nie

  1. never

Dutch

Etymology 1

From niet, with dialectal end-t deletion and shortening of the ie-vowel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɪ/

Alternative forms

  • (standard) niet
  • (dialectal) ni

Adverb

nie

  1. (dialectal) Alternative form of niet

Usage notes

  • 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

Equivalent to n- (“n-”) +‎ ie (“ever”). From Middle Dutch nie, from Old Dutch nie. Cognate to German nie.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ni/

Adverb

  1. (obsolete) never
    Synonyms: nooit, nimmer, nooit ofte nimmer

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ni/

Verb

nie

  1. first-person singular present indicative of nier
  2. third-person singular present indicative of nier
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of nier
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of nier
  5. second-person singular imperative of nier

German

Etymology

From Old High German nio.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /niː/
  • Rhymes: -iː

Adverb

nie

  1. 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.
  2. never, not once (referring to a defined period of time; see usage notes below)
    Er hat sich in zwei Wochen nie die Haare gewaschen.
    He never washed his hair for two weeks.

Usage notes

  • (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

  • (never at all): niemals, nimmer (archaic)
  • (not once): nicht, gar nicht, überhaupt nicht

Derived terms

  • nie und nimmer

See also

Further reading

  • “nie” in Duden online

Anagrams

  • ein

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /niː/

Adverb

nie

  1. never

Further reading

  • Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Iu Mien

Etymology

From Chinese 泥 (MC nei).

Noun

nie 

  1. soil, dirt

Japanese

Romanization

nie

  1. Rōmaji transcription of にえ

Mandarin

Romanization

nie

  1. Nonstandard spelling of niē.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of nié.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of niě.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of niè.

Usage notes

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈnie̯/

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

nie

  1. that, so (to that degree)
  2. like that, in the same way

Further reading

  • 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

Etymology

From ni (“nine”).

Noun

nie f (definite singular nia, uncountable)

  1. a niner
    Synonym: niar

References

  • “nie” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

  • Ine, ein, -ine, nei

Plautdietsch

Adjective

nie

  1. new

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɲɛ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *ne, from Proto-Indo-European *ne.

Particle

nie

  1. Negation particle for nouns; no
  2. Negation particle for verbs and participles; not; don't, didn't etc.
Related terms
  • nie-

Etymology 2

Pronoun

nie

  1. accusative singular of ono
  2. accusative plural of one
Usage notes

Used only with prepositions. See Appendix:Polish pronouns.

Further reading

  • nie in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • nie in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

nie

  1. Obsolete spelling of nije

Source: wiktionary.org
  • (obsolete) to nigh, approach.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)
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