nie

See also: Nie, NIE, niē, nié, niě, niè, -nie, nie-, and -nie-

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AbaEdit

NounEdit

nie

1. water

ReferencesEdit

• D. T. Tryon, Towards a Classification of Solomon Islands Languages

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AfrikaansEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Dutch niet, nie, from Middle Dutch niwet, niet, from Old Dutch *niowiht, niewiht.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ni/ (generally)
• IPA^(key): /‿i/ (commonly after a verb that ends in a consonant)

AdverbEdit

nie

1. not

   Hy kan nie Afrikaans praat nie.

   He can't speak Afrikaans.

Usage notesEdit

• This word has to be repeated at the end of a sentence, unless it is already the last word according to its natural position. (See the Wikipedia article about double negatives in Germanic languages.) Double negation is optional when the last word is another negator, such as nooit (“never”).

Related termsEdit

• niemand
• niks

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ni/

AdverbEdit

nie

1. (dialectal) Alternative form of niet

Usage notesEdit

• While the spelling nie and the invariable use of the corresponding pronunciation are dialectal, the standard word niet is not rarely given the same pronunciation, particularly in fast speech.

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FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ni/

VerbEdit

nie

1. first-person singular present indicative of nier
2. third-person singular present indicative of nier
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of nier
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of nier
5. second-person singular imperative of nier

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GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old High German nio.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /niː/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iː

AdverbEdit

nie

1. never, never at all (referring to an indefinite period of time)

   Das ist nie passiert! – That has never happened!

   Wir werden die Wahrheit wohl nie erfahren. – We'll probably never know the truth.

2. never, not once (referring to a defined period of time; see usage notes below)

   Er hat sich in zwei Wochen nie die Haare gewaschen.

   He never washed his hair for two weeks.

Usage notesEdit

• (not once): In English it is quite common to use the word “never” referring to a defined period of time: “I was waiting all night, but he never called.” German generally prefers, and often requires, to use nicht (“not”) in such contexts, possibly emphasized by another adverb such as gar or überhaupt: Ich habe den ganzen Abend gewartet, aber er hat (gar) nicht angerufen. Using nie is only possible if such a period of time is (unusually) long, as in the example sentence above.

SynonymsEdit

• (never at all): niemals, nimmer (archaic)
• (not once): nicht, gar nicht, überhaupt nicht

Derived termsEdit

• nie und nimmer

See alsoEdit

probability	100 %	99 %	50 %	1 %	0 %
Adverb	immer	meistens	manchmal	selten	nie

Further readingEdit

• nie in Duden online

AnagramsEdit

• ein

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JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

nie

1. Rōmaji transcription of にえ

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MandarinEdit

RomanizationEdit

nie

1. Nonstandard spelling of niē.
2. Nonstandard spelling of nié.
3. Nonstandard spelling of niě.
4. Nonstandard spelling of niè.

Usage notesEdit

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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PolishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *ne, from Proto-Indo-European *ne.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ɲɛ/

• Audio

  (file)

Etymology 1Edit

ParticleEdit

nie

1. Negation particle for nouns; no
2. Negation particle for verbs and participles; not, don't, didn't

Related termsEdit

• nie-

Further readingEdit

• nie in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Etymology 2Edit

PronounEdit

nie

1. Accusative singular form of ono

Usage notesEdit

Used only with prepositions.

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Serbo-CroatianEdit

VerbEdit

nie

1. Obsolete spelling of nije