nooit

Borrowed from Afrikaans nooit (“never”).

nooit (not comparable)

1. (South Africa) never; no way
   • 1999, David Graver, Drama for a New South Africa: Seven Plays (page 133)

     STIX: You never bought shit? HENRY: Never! STIX: Nooit?

   • 2005, Hans Muhlberg, The Law of the Brand (page 72)

     What would your average South African celebrity say if you used her name or image to sell your product without first obtaining her consent? Probably something like 'Nooit, ek sê, I want big bucks.'

• tonoi

From Dutch nooit, from Middle Dutch nooit.

• IPA^(key): /noːit/

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nooit

1. never

   Sy sing nooit.

   She never sings.

   Die goedere is nooit op die bestemming aangekom nie.

   The goods never arrived at the destination.

• → English: nooit

From Middle Dutch nooit. Equivalent to n- +‎ ooit.

• IPA^(key): /noːit/

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• Hyphenation: nooit
• Rhymes: -oːi̯t

nooit

1. never

   Zij komen daar nooit.

   They never go there.

• nimmer

• altijd
• ooit

• Afrikaans: nooit
  • → English: nooit
• Berbice Creole Dutch: noiti
• Jersey Dutch: nôit, nôut
• Negerhollands: nooit, noit
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: noit (dated)
• → Sranan Tongo: noiti
  • → Aukan: noiti
  • → Saramaccan: noíti

Cognates include West Frisian noait and Dutch nooit.

• IPA^(key): /noːi̯t/
• Hyphenation: nooit
• Rhymes: -oːi̯t

nooit

1. never

   Iek häbe et nooit däin. ― I have never done that.

• Marron C. Fort (2015), “nooit”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN