nie

Noun

nie

1. water

References

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

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)

• Audio:

  (file)

Adverb

nie

1. not

   Hy kan nie Afrikaans praat nie.

   He can't speak Afrikaans.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Zürich) IPA^(key): /niə/

Adverb

nie

1. never

Etymology 1

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

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/

• Audio:

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Verb

nie

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /niː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• 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

   Er hat sich in zwei Wochen nie die Haare gewaschen.

   He never washed his hair for two weeks.

See also

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• ein

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /niː/

Adverb

nie

1. never

   Ich hon das nie gesihn.

   I've never seen that.

   Du sollst das nie mache.

   You should never do that.

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

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

References

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

Etymology

From Chinese 泥 (MC nej).

Noun

nie 

1. soil, dirt

Romanization

nie

1. Rōmaji transcription of にえ

Romanization

nie

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

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

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Particle

nie

1. negation particle; not, not

Verb

nie impf

1. there is no

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

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