nicht

== Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch nichte, from Old Dutch *nift, from Proto-West Germanic *nifti, from Proto-Germanic *niftiz, from Proto-Indo-European *néptih₂. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nɪxt/ Hyphenation: nicht Rhymes: -ɪxt === Noun === nicht f (plural nichten, diminutive nichtje n, masculine neef) female cousin; daughter of someone's uncle or aunt niece; daughter of someone's brother or sister niece; daughter of someone's brother- or sister-in-law ==== Alternative forms ==== (obsolete, Holland) nift, nifte ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: niggie (from the Hollandic diminutive nichie) Negerhollands: nechi, nechtje, negje === Noun === nicht m (plural nichten, diminutive nichtje n) (sometimes derogatory) male homosexual, a gay man; in particular one who is camp or effeminate ==== Derived terms ==== == German == === Alternative forms === nich, nich' (informal writing, reflecting the common pronunciation) net, nit (colloquial; in central Germany, southern Germany, Austria) === Etymology === From Middle High German niwiht, niweht, niht, a contracted form of Old High German niowiht, from Proto-West Germanic *naiwwiht. Essentially from nio (“never”) + wiht (“being, creature”), the last from Proto-Germanic *wihtą. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nɪçt/, [nɪxt] 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) Rhymes: -ɪçt, -ɪç === Adverb === nicht not, non- (negates the meaning of a verb, adjective, or adverb) ==== Derived terms ==== nichtig nicht- (see there for compound derivations) vernichten Vergissmeinnicht ==== Related terms ==== nichts zunichte mitnichten === Interjection === nicht? (tag question, dated or formal) right?; is it?; is it not? Synonyms: gell, ne, nicht wahr, oder, oder nicht, wa === Further reading === “nicht”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “nicht” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “nicht” in Duden online == Kashubian == === Etymology === Clipping of Proto-Slavic *nikъto. By surface analysis, ni- +‎ chto. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɲixt/ Rhymes: -ixt Syllabification: nicht === Pronoun === nicht nobody, no one ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === 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[2] “nicht”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022 == Polish == === Pronunciation === (Greater Poland): (Kuyavia) IPA(key): [ˈɲixt] === Pronoun === nicht m pers (Middle Polish, Kuyavia) alternative form of nikt === Further reading === Oskar Kolberg (1867), “nicht”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 273 == Scots == === Etymology === From Old English niht. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nɪçt/, /nixt/ === Noun === nicht (plural nichts) night, evening (definite singular) tonight It's a braw, bricht, moonlit nicht the nicht. It's a beautiful, bright moonlit night tonight. ==== Derived terms ==== fortnicht == West Frisian == === Alternative forms === nift === Etymology === Borrowed from Dutch nicht. === Noun === nicht c (plural nichten, diminutive nichtsje) female cousin Coordinate term: neef (archaic) niece ==== Further reading ==== “nicht”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011