nee

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

nee (not comparable)

1. Alternative spelling of née

• As it is not a naturalised word in English, nee is often italicised.

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

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!

• -een, -ene, ENE, e'en, een

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

• IPA^(key): /niəː/

nee

1. no

• een

• neen

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

• IPA^(key): /neː/

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• Hyphenation: nee
• Rhymes: -eː

nee

1. no
   • 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 is used to show disagreement or negation.

  Nee, je vergist je.: No, you are mistaken.

  Nee, je mag nu geen televisie kijken: No, you may not watch television now.

• Nee has a formal form, neen, which is archaic in spoken language, but quite common in written language until recently.

• een, één, ene

Ultimately cognate to German nein.

nee

1. (in some dialects) no

nee

1. (colloquial) four

• neljä (“four”)

• een

• ne

Of dialectal origin, particularly Low German nee.

• IPA^(key): /neː/

nee

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

• 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.

• nee in Duden online

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

• nei, nää, nä (Low Prussian)
• ne, neh, nej (various dialects)

nee

1. (in some dialects) no

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.

• ni, nie, nige, nig

nee (comparative ne'er, superlative neest)

1. new

• Neeheit

• IPA^(key): /neː/

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nee

1. Alternative form of neen

From Old Irish do·gní.

• IPA^(key): /nʲiː/

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?

From Old Irish ní.

• IPA^(key): /nʲeː/

nee

1. negative and interogative form of she

   Nee uss y fer lhee? ― Are you the doctor?

   Cha nee eshyn ren eh. ― It's not him that did it.

• re (dependent form used with dy, nagh)

nee

1. with you, by means of you

nee

1. no

• IPA^(key): /neː/

nee

1. no

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