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ned

See also: Ned, NED, -ned, and -néd

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Unknown. The suggested initialism from "non-educated delinquent" is a backronym and folk etymology. Several other suggestions include a contraction of ne'er-do-well, neanderthal, or some kind of relationship with Teddy Boy although its use much predates the 1950s origin of that phrase. Ostensibly unrelated to "Ned" as a diminutive of the personal name "Edward" but the Scottish use of 'ned' for hooligan or lout is cited by the Oxford English Dictionary as dating from the early 19th century. The OED also attributes a possible derivation from the 'Edward' diminutive.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /nɛd/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛd

NounEdit

ned (plural neds)

  1. (Scotland, slang, derogatory, offensive) A person, usually a youth, of low social standing and education, a violent disposition and with a particular style of dress (typically sportswear or Burberry), speech and behaviour.
    • 2007 (Scotland), RecordView in Daily Record, 14 Feb 07, Scottish Daily Record and Sunday Mail, p. 8:
      The mindless behaviour of drunken neds and nuisance neighbours brings misery to tens of thousands of honest folk.

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BavarianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

Cognate with German nicht and English not.

PronunciationEdit

ParticleEdit

ned

  1. not

DanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse niðr, from Proto-Germanic *niþer, from Proto-Indo-European *niter. Cognates include Faroese and Icelandic niður, English nether, Dutch neder, German nieder.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /nɛð/, [neð̠˕ˠ]

PrepositionEdit

ned

  1. down

GermanEdit

AdverbEdit

ned

  1. Alternative spelling of net

ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From né, by analogy with e/ed.

PronunciationEdit

ConjunctionEdit

ned

  1. (poetic, rare) Alternative form of né used before a vowel
    • c. 1260s, Brunetto Latini, Il tesoretto [The Treasure], collected in Raccolta di rime antiche toscane: Volume primo, Palermo: Giuseppe Assenzio, published 1817, lines 1–5, page 9:
      Al valente Signore,
      Di cui non so migliore
      Sù la terra trovare;
      Che non avete pare
      Nè ’n pace, ned in guerra
      To the valiant Lord, better of whom I can not find anyone on earth, for you have no peer, neither in peace nor in war

Further readingEdit

  • ned in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Lower SorbianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Cognate with Upper Sorbian hnyd and Czech hned.

PronunciationEdit

AdverbEdit

ned

  1. immediately, straightaway

Norwegian BokmålEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • ner (no longer listed; obsolete)

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse niðr, from Proto-Germanic *niþer.

AdverbEdit

ned

  1. down (from a higher to a lower level)

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse niðr, from Proto-Germanic *niþer.

PronunciationEdit

AdverbEdit

ned

  1. down (from a higher to a lower level)

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Old EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

nēd f

  1. Alternative form of nīed

ScotsEdit

NounEdit

ned (plural neds)

  1. (slang, derogatory) ned

SwedishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • ner (somewhat informal)
  • neder (archaic except in some compounds)

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse niðr, from Proto-Germanic *niþer, from Proto-Indo-European *niter. Cognates include English nether, Faroese and Icelandic niður, German nieder and Dutch neder.

PronunciationEdit

AdverbEdit

ned (not comparable)

  1. (somewhat formal) down
    Antonym: upp

Usage notesEdit

The forms ned and ner are often, but not always, interchangeable. The form ned is more formal and is especially found in compounds of more formal nature, whereas ner is more common as a word on its own. For instance the formal word nedlägga (“to discontinue, shut down”) vs. its informal equivalent lägga ner. Some compounds can use either form, e.g. nedladdning (“download”) (more formal) or nerladdning (less formal). Some compounds only use ned, e.g. nedlåtande (“condescending”).

In a few compounds, the otherwise archaic form neder is used, e.g. nederbörd (“precipitation”) or nedervåning (“ground floor”).

See alsoEdit

  • nere (“down, as a location”)

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VoticEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈned/, [ˈned̥]
  • Rhymes: -ed̥
  • Hyphenation: ned

PronounEdit

ned

  1. Alternative form of need
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