Nixe

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German nixe, from Old High German nicchessa, feminine form of nichus, nihhus (“water-spirit”), from Proto-Germanic *nikwus, *nikwis, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *neygʷ- (“to wash”). More at nix, nicker. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnɪksə/ === Noun === Nixe f (genitive Nixe, plural Nixen) nixie (female water-spirit) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Badenixe Haarnixe Meeresnixe ==== Related terms ==== Nix === Further reading === “Nixe” in Duden online “Nixe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache Nixe on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de