nie

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nie"

Aba

Noun

nie

1. water

References

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

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Afrikaans

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

nie

1. not

   Hy kan nie Afrikaans praat nie.

   He can't speak Afrikaans.

Usage notes

• 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 terms

• niemand
• niks

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Alemannic German

Pronunciation

• (Zurich) IPA^(key): /niə/

Adverb

nie

1. never

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Dutch

Etymology 1

From niet, with dialectal end-t deletion and shortening of the ie-vowel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɪ/

Alternative forms

• (standard) niet
• (dialectal) ni

Adverb

nie

1. (dialectal) Alternative form of niet

Usage notes

• 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.

Etymology 2

Equivalent to n- (“n-”) +‎ ie (“ever”). From Middle Dutch nie, from Old Dutch nie. Cognate to German nie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ni/

Adverb

nie

1. (obsolete) never

   Synonyms: nooit, nimmer, nooit ofte nimmer

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ni/

• Audio

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Verb

nie

1. inflection of nier:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

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German

Etymology

From Old High German nio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /niː/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iː

Adverb

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)

   Synonyms: nicht, gar nicht, überhaupt nicht

   Er hat sich in zwei Wochen nie die Haare gewaschen.

   He never washed his hair for two weeks.

Usage notes

• (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.

Synonyms

• (never at all): niemals, nimmer (archaic)

Derived terms

• nie und nimmer

See also

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Adverb	immer	meistens	manchmal	selten	nie

Further reading

• “nie” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “nie” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “nie” in Duden online

Anagrams

• ein

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Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /niː/

Adverb

nie

1. never

   Ich hon das nie gesihn.

   I've never seen that.

   Du sollst das nie mache.

   You should never do that.

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

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Iu Mien

Etymology

From Chinese 泥 (MC nei).

Noun

nie 

1. soil, dirt

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Japanese

Romanization

nie

1. Rōmaji transcription of にえ

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Mandarin

Romanization

nie

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

Usage notes

• 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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Northern Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈnie̯/

Adverb

nie

1. that, so (to that degree)
2. like that, in the same way

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From ni (“nine”).

Noun

nie f (definite singular nia, uncountable)

1. a niner

   Synonym: niar

References

• “nie” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• Ine, ein, -ine, nei

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Plautdietsch

Adjective

nie

1. new

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɲɛ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Syllabification: nie

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ne, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ne, from Proto-Indo-European *ne.

Particle

nie

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

Related terms

• nie-

 

Etymology 2

Pronoun

nie

1. accusative singular of ono
2. accusative plural of one

Usage notes

Used only with prepositions. See Appendix:Polish pronouns.

Further reading

• nie in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• nie in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Sardinian

Alternative forms

• nibe, nive (Nuorese)
• ni, nii, nia (Campidanese)

Etymology

From Latin nivem, accusative of nix, from Proto-Italic *sniks, from Proto-Indo-European *snígʷʰs. Compare Italian neve, Portuguese neve, Spanish nieve.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnie/

Noun

nie m (plural nies)

1. (Logudorese, weather) snow

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Serbo-Croatian

Verb

nie

1. Obsolete spelling of nije