nek
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Afrikaans nek. Doublet of neck.
NounEdit
nek (plural neks)
- Synonym of col
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AfrikaansEdit
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NounEdit
nek (plural nekke)
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle Dutch nacke, necke, from Old Dutch *nakko, from Proto-Germanic *hnakkô.
NounEdit
nek m (plural nekken, diminutive nekje n)
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Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the main entry.
VerbEdit
nek
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EsperantoEdit
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ConjunctionEdit
nek
- neither, nor
- nek ... nek ...
- neither ... nor ...
- Li estas nek bona nek malbona
- He is neither good nor bad.
- 1910, J. A. Mitchell, trans. Lehman Wendelld La lasta Usonano, Project Gutenberg transcription
- La Usonanoj posedis nek literaturon, nek arton, nek muzikon proprajn.
- The Americans possessed neither literature, nor art, nor their own music.
- La Usonanoj posedis nek literaturon, nek arton, nek muzikon proprajn.
- nek ... nek ...
IdoEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Esperanto nek, from Latin nec.
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MalayEdit
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See alsoEdit
- nenek (full)
NovialEdit
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Serbo-CroatianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *nekъ. Compare Polish niech and Slovak nech.
ParticleEdit
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VolapükEdit
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YurokEdit
PronounEdit
nek
- first person singular pronoun; I