ned
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
NounEdit
ned (plural neds)
- (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.
- 2007 (Scotland), RecordView in Daily Record, 14 Feb 07, Scottish Daily Record and Sunday Mail, p. 8:
SynonymsEdit
- chav (England)
- charva (Northeast England)
- scally (Northern England)
- scanger (Dublin/Ireland)
- Senga (Scotland)
- yob, yobbo (England, Australia)
- spide (Northern Ireland)
AnagramsEdit
BavarianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Cognate with German nicht and English not.
PronunciationEdit
ParticleEdit
ned
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
PrepositionEdit
ned
GermanEdit
AdverbEdit
ned
- Alternative spelling of net
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From né, by analogy with e/ed.
PronunciationEdit
ConjunctionEdit
ned
- (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
Norwegian BokmålEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- ner (no longer listed; obsolete)
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse niðr, from Proto-Germanic *niþer.
AdverbEdit
ned
- down (from a higher to a lower level)
Derived termsEdit
- legge ned
- nedarva
- nedarves
- nedarvet
- nedarving
- nedbe
- nedbemanne
- nedbetale
- nedbryte
- nedbrytende
- nedbør
- neddemme
- neddemmes
- neddykka
- neddykket
- nedfall
- nedfart
- nedfelle
- nedfor
- nedfôre
- nedfôring
- nedfryse
- nedgang
- nedgradere
- nedgravd
- nedgrodd
- nedisa
- nediset
- nedist
- nedkjempe
- nedkjøle
- nedkomme
- nedkomst
- nedlate
- nedlegge
- nedløpsrør
- nedmed
- nedom
- nedover
- nedprioritere
- nedpå
- nedringa
- nedringet
- nedrive
- nedriving
- nedrivning
- nedruste
- nedrusting
- nedrustning
- nedrykk
- nedrykking
- nedrykning
- nedsable
- nedsenkbar
- nedsette
- nedside
- nedskrive
- nedslag
- nedslitt
- nedslått
- nedstamme
- nedstige
- nedstigende
- nedstiging
- nedstigning
- nedstrøk
- nedstrøms
- nedtegne
- nedtelling
- nedtur
- nedunder
- nedved
- nedveg
- nedvei
- nedverdige
- nedvurdere
- nedvæpning
- opp ned
- rykke ned
- stige ned
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “ned” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
AnagramsEdit
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse niðr, from Proto-Germanic *niþer.
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
ned
- down (from a higher to a lower level)
Derived termsEdit
- nedarva
- nedarving
- nedbemanna
- nedbemanne
- nedbetala
- nedbetale
- nedbroten
- nedbrytande
- nedburd
- nedbygging
- nedbør
- nedbøygd
- neddemd
- neddemt
- nedervd
- nederving
- nedetter
- nedfall
- nedfart
- nedfella
- nedfelle
- nedfor
- nedforing
- nedfôring
- nedføre
- nedgang
- nedgjennom
- nedgradera
- nedgradere
- nedgrodd
- nedigjennom
- nedisa
- nedist
- nedkjempe
- nedkomst
- nedkøyrd
- nedlagd
- nedlata
- nedlate
- nedlege
- nedlegga
- nedlegge
- nedleggja
- nedleggje
- nedloge
- nedmed
- nedom
- nedover
- nedprioritera
- nedprioritere
- nedpå
- nedringa
- nedringd
- nedriving
- nedrusting
- nedrykk
- nedside
- nedslag
- nedsliten
- nedslått
- nedstamma
- nedstamme
- nedstigande
- nedstiging
- nedstigning
- nedstraums
- nedstrok
- nedstrøk
- nedteljing
- nedtil
- nedtur
- nedunder
- nedved
- nedveg
- nedverdiga
- nedverdige
- nedvurdera
- nedvurdere
- nedvæpning
- nedætta
- nedætte
- opp ned
- rykkje ned
- stige ned
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “ned” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
nēd f
- Alternative form of nīed
ScotsEdit
NounEdit
ned (plural neds)
- (slang, derogatory) ned
SwedishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
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)
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”)
ReferencesEdit
AnagramsEdit
VoticEdit
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
ned
- Alternative form of need