niks

See also: Niks

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch niks, probably from German nix.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nəks/

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Pronoun

niks

1. nothing

Danish

Etymology

From Low German niks (“nothing”) and German nix, nichts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neɡs/, [neɡ̊s]

Interjection

niks

1. no, no way

Alternative forms

• nix

Pronoun

niks

1. nothing

Related terms

• nul og niks

References

• “niks” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Probably from colloquial and dialectal German nix.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɪks/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: niks
• Rhymes: -ɪks

Pronoun

niks

1. nothing

Alternative forms

• nix (slang, deliberate misspelling)

Synonyms

• niets

Derived terms

• niksen

Descendants

• Berbice Creole Dutch: neks
• Javindo: neks
• → Guyanese Creole English: nix

Adjective

niks (used only predicatively, comparative meer niks, superlative meest niks)

1. disagreeable, distasteful, not liking

   Ik vind het niks dat ze hier huizen gaan bouwen.

   I don't like that they're going to build houses here.

2. uninteresting

   Jij mag deze schilderijen geweldig vinden, maar voor mij is het niks.

   You may think these paintings are great, but they're not interesting for me.

Derived terms

• drie keer niks

Anagrams

• skin, snik

Low German

Etymology

Compare to German nichts (“nothing”).

Pronoun

niks

1. nothing; Alternative form of nix

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Low German niks (“nothing”) and German nichts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /niks/, [nɪks]

Interjection

niks

1. no, no way

Pronoun

niks

1. nothing

References

• “niks” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Low German niks (“nothing”) and German nichts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɪks/

Adverb

niks

1. no way

Determiner

niks

1. (colloquial) no

Interjection

niks

1. no, no way

Pronoun

niks

1. nothing

References

• “niks” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “niks”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016

Anagrams

• knis, skin