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3-letter words (1 found)

NIE,

2-letter words (3 found)

EN,IN,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

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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

Etymology

From Middle High German nio, from Old High German nio.

Pronunciation

  • (Zürich) IPA(key): /niə/

Adverb

nie

  1. never

Dutch

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

  • niet (standard)
  • ni (dialectal)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɪ/

Adverb

nie

  1. (dialectal) alternative form of niet
Usage notes
  • the standard word niet is sometimes given the same pronunciation, particularly in fast speech.

Etymology 2

From 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

  • IPA(key): /ni/

Adverb

nie

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

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ni/

Verb

nie

  1. inflection of nier:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

German

Etymology

From Middle High German nie, 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)
    Synonyms: nicht, gar nicht, überhaupt nicht

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, the use of 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)

Derived terms

  • nie und nimmer

See also

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • ein

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German nio, from Old High German nio.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /niː/

Adverb

nie

  1. never

Further reading

  • Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Ingrian

Etymology

From nittoa (“to fasten”) +‎ -e. Akin to Finnish nide.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈnie/, [ˈnie̞]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈnie/, [ˈnie̞]
  • Rhymes: -ie
  • Hyphenation: ni‧e

Noun

nie

  1. binding of a scythe

Declension

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 340

Iu Mien

Etymology

From Chinese 泥 (MC nej).

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

  • 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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈnie̯/

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

Old Polish

Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ne. First attested in the 14th century.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /ɲɛ(ː)/
    • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ɲɛ/, /ɲe/

    Particle

    nie

    1. negation particle; not, not

    Verb

    nie impf

    1. there is no

    Descendants

    • Polish: nie
    • Silesian: niy, ńy (Steuer's Silesian Alphabet), nie

    References

    • 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

    Etymology

    From Middle Low German nîe, nü̂we, from Old Saxon niuwi. Related to West Frisian nij, Dutch nieuw, German neu, English new, Swedish ny.

    Adjective

    nie

    1. new

    Polish

    Pronunciation

    • Rhymes: -ɛ
    • Syllabification: nie

    Etymology 1

      Inherited from Old Polish nie.

      Particle

      nie

      1. negation particle; no, not
        Antonym: tak
      Alternative forms
      • ni (dialectal, Przemyśl)

      Verb

      nie impf (defective)

      1. (Middle Polish) there is no
      Related terms

      Etymology 2

      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Pronoun

      nie

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

      Used only with prepositions. See Appendix:Polish pronouns.

      Trivia

      According 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.

      References

      Further reading

      • 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

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈnie/

      Noun

      nie m (plural nies)

      1. (Logudorese) alternative form of nibe (“snow”)

      Serbo-Croatian

      Verb

      nie

      1. obsolete spelling of nije

      Silesian

      Etymology

      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈɲɛ/
      • Rhymes: -ɛ
      • Syllabification: nie

      Particle

      nie

      1. alternative form of niy

      Pronoun

      nie

      1. accusative singular of ôno
      2. accusative plural of ône

      Usage notes

      Used only with prepositions.

      Further reading

      • nie in silling.org

      Source: wiktionary.org