nee
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From French née, feminine of né, past participle of naître, to be born.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /neɪ/
Audio (Southern England) (file) Audio (US), pronounced /neɪ/ (file) - Rhymes: -eɪ
- Homophones: nay, neigh, né, Neagh
Adjective edit
nee (not comparable)
- Alternative spelling of née
Usage notes edit
- As some speakers do not regard it as a fully naturalised word in English, nee is often italicised.
Etymology 2 edit
From Old English ne or nā (“no”). Cognate with Standard English no.
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
nee
- (Geordie) no, used to express no as a quantity, i.e. not any, like German kein/Dutch geen/French rien. Compare with na.
- Nee way man! ― No way
- Thor's nee watter! ― There's no water!
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Anagrams edit
Afar edit
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
née
- Full form of né
References edit
- E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN, page 237
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch nee, from Middle Dutch neen, nee, from Old Dutch *nēn.
Pronunciation edit
Particle edit
nee
Anagrams edit
Dutch edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch neen, nee, from Old Dutch *nēn (“none, not one”), from *ne ēn, from Proto-Germanic *ne + *ainaz.
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
nee
- no
- 1992, A. F. Th. van der Heijden, Weerborstels, Em. Querido's Uitgeverij, page 23:
- Nee, de stemming zat er goed in.
- No, the atmosphere was great.
- 1992, A. F. Th. van der Heijden, Weerborstels, Em. Querido's Uitgeverij, page 23:
Usage notes edit
- Nee is used to show disagreement or negation.
- Nee, je vergist je. ― No, you are mistaken.
- Nee, je mag nu geen televisie kijken ― No, you are not allowed to watch television now.
- Nee has an alternative form, neen. In Belgium, it functions as a stressed variant of nee. In the Netherlands, it is an archaic, formal form in spoken language, but was quite common in written language until recently.
Descendants edit
Anagrams edit
Dutch Low Saxon edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately cognate to German nein.
Adverb edit
nee
- (in some dialects) no
Finnish edit
40 | ||
[a], [b] ← 3 | 4 | 5 → |
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Cardinal: neljä Colloquial counting form: nee, nel Ordinal: neljäs Colloquial ordinal: nelkki (regional) Ordinal abbreviation: 4., 4:s Digit name: nelonen Adverbial: neljästi Multiplier: nelinkertainen Distributive: nelittäin Fractional: neljäsosa, neljännes | ||
Finnish Wikipedia article on 4 |
Etymology edit
< neljä, specifically the initial syllable
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
nee (colloquial)
- (counting) four
See also edit
- neljä (“four”)
Anagrams edit
German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Of dialectal origin, particularly German Low German nee (“no”). Cognate to Dutch nee, English no.
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
nee
- (colloquial, regional) Alternative form of nein (“no”)
Usage notes edit
- Nee is the most common colloquial word for “no” in northern and central Germany. It has also come to be used quite regularly in southern Germany, but is not used in Austria or Switzerland.
Further reading edit
Hunsrik edit
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
nee
Further reading edit
Low German edit
Etymology 1 edit
Ultimately cognate to German nein, Dutch nee and neen, English no and none.
Alternative forms edit
Adverb edit
nee
- (in some dialects) no
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle Low German nîe, nige, neye, nîwe, from Old Saxon niuwi, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos (“new”). Compare Dutch nieuw, West Frisian nij, English new, German neu.
Alternative forms edit
Adjective edit
nee (comparative ne'er, superlative neest)
Declension edit
gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | he is nee | se is nee | dat is nee | se sünd nee | |
partitive | een Ne'es | een Ne'es | wat Ne'es | allens Ne'e | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | ne'e | ne'e | nee | ne'e |
oblique | ne'en | ne'e | nee | ne'e | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | de ne'e | de ne'e | dat ne'e | de ne'en |
oblique | den ne'en | de ne'e | dat ne'e | de ne'en | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | en ne'e/ne'en | en ne'e | en nee/ne'et | (keen) ne'en |
oblique | en ne'en | en ne'e | en nee/ne'et | (keen) ne'en |
gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | he is ne'er | se is ne'er | dat is ne'er | se sünd ne'er | |
partitive | een ne'ers | een ne'ers | wat ne'ers | allens ne'er | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | ne'ere | ne'ere | ne'er | ne'ere |
oblique | ne'ern | ne'ere | ne'er | ne'ere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | de ne'ere | de ne'ere | dat ne'ere | de ne'ern |
oblique | den ne'ern | de ne'ere | dat ne'ere | de ne'ern | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | en ne'ere/ne'eren | en ne'ere | en ne'er | (keen) ne'ern |
oblique | en ne'ern | en ne'ere | en ne'er | (keen) ne'ern |
gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | he is de Neeste | se is de Neeste | dat is dat Neeste | se sünd de Neesten | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | neeste | neeste | neest | neeste |
oblique | neesten | neeste | neest | neeste | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | de neeste | de neeste | dat neeste | de neesten |
oblique | den neesten | de neeste | dat neeste | de neesten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | en neeste/neesten | en neeste | en neest | (keen) neesten |
oblique | en neesten | en neeste | en neest | (keen) neesten |
Note: This declension is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects. |
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Derived terms edit
Luxembourgish edit
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
nee
- Alternative form of neen
Manx edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
nee
- future independent analytic form of jean
- Nee eh jannoo eh. ― He will do it. (literally, “He will do do it.”)
- Quoi nee eh agh mish? ― Who will do it but me?
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Particle edit
nee
- negative and interogative form of she
- Nee uss y fer lhee? ― Are you the doctor?
- Cha nee eshyn ren eh. ― It's not him that did it.
See also edit
Muna edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
nee
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Postposition edit
nee
- with you, by means of you
Inflection edit
Pennsylvania German edit
Interjection edit
nee
Votic edit
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
nee
- Alternative form of need
West Frisian edit
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
nee
Further reading edit
- “nee”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011