niks
See also: Niks
Afrikaans
editEtymology
editFrom Dutch niks, probably from German nix.
Pronunciation
editPronoun
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Danish
editEtymology
editFrom Low German niks (“nothing”) and German nix, nichts.
Pronunciation
editInterjection
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Related terms
editReferences
edit- “niks” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
editEtymology
editProbably from colloquial and dialectal German nix.[1]
Pronunciation
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editAdjective
editniks (used only predicatively, comparative meer niks, superlative meest niks)
- disagreeable, distasteful, not liking
- Ik vind het niks dat ze hier huizen gaan bouwen.
- I don't like that they're going to build houses here.
- uninteresting
- Jij mag deze schilderijen geweldig vinden, maar voor mij is het niks.
- You may think these paintings are great, but they're not interesting for me.
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “niets”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
Anagrams
editLow German
editEtymology
editCompare to German nichts (“nothing”).
Pronoun
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Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editFrom Low German niks (“nothing”) and German nichts.
Pronunciation
editInterjection
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Pronoun
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References
edit- “niks” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editFrom Low German niks (“nothing”) and German nichts.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
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Determiner
editniks
- (colloquial) no
Interjection
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Pronoun
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References
edit- “niks” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- “niks”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
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