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nee

See also: Nee, neé, neë, née, ñee, and ǀnee

English

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WOTD – 15 December 2011

Etymology 1

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From French née, feminine of né, past participle of naître, to be born.

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Adjective

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nee (not comparable)

  1. Alternative spelling of née
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  • As some speakers do not regard it as a fully naturalised word in English, nee is often italicised.

Etymology 2

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From Old English ne or nā (“no”). Cognate with Standard English no.

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Interjection

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nee

  1. (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!
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Anagrams

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Afar

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈneː/ [ˈneː]
  • Hyphenation: nee

Pronoun

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née

  1. Full form of né

References

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  • 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

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Etymology

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From Dutch nee, from Middle Dutch neen, nee, from Old Dutch *nēn.

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Particle

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nee

  1. no

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Dutch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch neen, nee, from Old Dutch *nēn (“none, not one”), from *ne ēn, from Proto-Germanic *ne + *ainaz.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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nee

  1. no
    Antonym: ja
    • 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.
    Nee heb je al, ja kan je krijgen. ― The only way to find out if someone agrees (with/to something) is to ask. (literally, “You already have "no", but you may still get "yes".”)

Usage notes

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  • 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.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: nee
  • Javindo: nee
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: ne

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Dutch Low Saxon

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Etymology

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Ultimately cognate to German nein.

Adverb

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nee

  1. (in some dialects) no

Esperanto

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Etymology

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From ne (“no”) +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈnee]
  • Rhymes: -ee
  • Hyphenation: ne‧e

Adverb

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nee

  1. rejectingly, denyingly, with the word no
    respondi nee ― to reply no
    voĉdoni nee ― to vote no
    nee kapskui ― to shake one's head no
    decidi nee ― to decide no

Antonyms

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  • jese (“affirmatively, with the word yes”)
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  • nea (“negative, denying, rejecting”)

Finnish

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Finnish numbers (edit)
40
[a], [b] ←  3 4 5  → 
    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

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< neljä, specifically the initial syllable

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈneː/, [ˈne̞ː]
  • Rhymes: -eː
  • Syllabification(key): nee

Numeral

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nee (colloquial)

  1. (counting) four

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Anagrams

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German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Of dialectal origin, particularly German Low German nee (“no”). Cognate to Dutch nee, English no.

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Interjection

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nee

  1. (colloquial, regional) Alternative form of nein (“no”)

Usage notes

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  • 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

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  • “nee” in Duden online
  • “nee” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hunsrik

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Pronunciation

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Adverb

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nee

  1. no

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Low German

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Etymology 1

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Ultimately cognate to German nein, Dutch nee and neen, English no and none.

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Adverb

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nee

  1. (in some dialects) no

Etymology 2

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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

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Adjective

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nee (comparative ne'er, superlative neest)

  1. new
Declension
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Positive forms of nee
gender singular plural
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
Comparative forms of nee
gender singular plural
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
Superlative forms of nee
gender singular plural
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.
Derived terms
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Luxembourgish

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Pronunciation

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nee

  1. Alternative form of neen

Manx

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish do·gní.

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Verb

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nee

  1. 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

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From Old Irish ní.

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Particle

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nee

  1. negative and interrogative form of she
    Nee uss y fer lhee? ― Are you the doctor?
    Cha nee eshyn ren eh. ― It's not him that did it.
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Muna

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Etymology

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Cognate with Balantak ngoor.

Noun

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nee

  1. nose
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Postposition

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nee

  1. with you, by means of you

Inflection

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Navajo postpositions
singular duoplural
1st person shee nihee
2nd person nee nihee
3rd person bee
4th person (3o) yee
4th person (3a) hee
4th person (3i) ee —
reflexive ádee —
reciprocal — ahee

Pennsylvania German

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Interjection

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nee

  1. no

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Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈneː/, [ˈneː]
  • Rhymes: -eː
  • Hyphenation: nee

Pronoun

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nee

  1. Alternative form of need

West Frisian

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Pronunciation

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nee

  1. no

Further reading

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  • “nee”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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