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)

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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

• (Zurich) IPA^(key): /niə/

nie

1. never

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

• (standard) niet
• (dialectal) ni

• IPA^(key): /nɪ/

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.

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

• IPA^(key): /ni/

nie

1. (obsolete) never

   Synonyms: nooit, nimmer, nooit ofte nimmer

• IPA^(key): /ni/

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nie

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

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)

   Synonyms: nicht, gar nicht, überhaupt nicht

   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)

• nie und nimmer

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

From Chinese 泥 (MC nei).

nie 

1. soil, dirt

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.

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

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈnie̯/

nie

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

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

From ni (“nine”).

nie f (definite singular nia, uncountable)

1. a niner

   Synonym: niar

• “nie” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• Ine, ein, -ine, nei

From Middle Low German nîe, nü̂we, from Old Saxon niuwi. Related to West Frisian nij, Dutch nieuw, German neu, English new, Swedish ny.

nie

1. new

• IPA^(key): /ɲɛ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Syllabification: nie

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ne, from Proto-Balto-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

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

Used only with prepositions. See Appendix:Polish pronouns.

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

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈnie/

nie m (plural nies)

1. (Logudorese, weather) snow

nie

1. Obsolete spelling of nije