Nixe
See also: nixe
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German nixe, from Old High German nicchessa, feminine form of nichus, nihhus (“water-spirit”), from Proto-Germanic *nikwus, *nikwis, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *neygʷ- (“to wash”). More at nix, nicker.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Nixe f (genitive Nixe, plural Nixen)
- mermaid (mythological woman with a fish's tail)
Declension edit
Declension of Nixe [feminine]
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Further reading edit
- “Nixe” in Duden online
- “Nixe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Nixe on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de