Niatn
Bavarian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Early Modern Dutch niet (“nothing”). Compare Dutch niets and German Niete.
Noun edit
Niatn f (plural Niatn)
- blank, dud (lottery ticket that does not give a payout)
- (by extension) loser; good-for-nothing
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle High German niet, niete (“hammered nail”), deverbal noun of Old High German bihniotan, biniotan (“to stick, to attach, to fasten; to dislodge, to knock out”), from Proto-West Germanic *hneudan, from Proto-Germanic *hneudaną (“to hammer, to pound”). Cognate with German Niete and Dutch niet; the verb also Old Norse and Icelandic hnjóða (“to rivet, clinch”).
Noun edit
Niatn f (plural Niatn)