niks

See also: Niks

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch niks.

Pronoun

niks

  1. nothing

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /neɡs/, [neɡ̊s]

Interjection

niks or nix

  1. no, no way

Pronoun

niks

  1. nothing
  • nul og niks

References

Dutch

Etymology

Probably from colloquial and dialectal German nix[1].

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nɪks/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: niks
  • Rhymes: -ɪks

Pronoun

niks

  1. nothing

Alternative forms
  • nix (slang, deliberate misspelling)

Synonyms

Derived terms

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.

References
  1. http://www.etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/niets

Anagrams

Low German

Pronoun

niks

  1. nothing

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): /niks/, [nɪks]

Interjection

niks

  1. no, no way

Pronoun

niks

  1. nothing

References

“niks” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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