nie

nie

1. water

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

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

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

nie

1. not

   Hy kan nie Afrikaans praat nie.

   He can't speak Afrikaans.

• 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”).

• niemand
• niks

• IPA^(key): /ni/

nie

1. (dialectal) Alternative form of niet

• 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.

• IPA^(key): /ni/

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

From Old High German nio.

• IPA^(key): /niː/

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• Rhymes: -iː

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.

• (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.

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

• nie und nimmer

• nie in Duden online

• ein

• IPA^(key): /niː/

nie

1. never

   Ich hon das nie gesihn.

   I've never seen that.

   Du sollst das nie mache.

   You should never do that.

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

nie

1. Rōmaji transcription of にえ

nie

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

• 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.

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈnie̯/

nie

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

• Entry 299 in Álgu database

• IPA^(key): /ɲɛ/

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

nie

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

• nie-

nie

1. accusative singular of ono

Used only with prepositions. See Appendix:Polish pronouns.

• nie in Polish dictionaries at PWN

nie

1. Obsolete spelling of nije