nich
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Czech
Pronunciation
Pronoun
nich pl
German
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Adverb
nich
- (informal) Northern Germany form of nicht
Low German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Low German nicht, a contracted form of Old Saxon neowiht, from neo (“never”) + wiht (“being, creature”), derived from Proto-Germanic *ne (“not”) + *aiw- (“ever”) + *wiht- (“thing”). Akin to German nicht, Dutch niet, West Frisian net, English not where similar developments took place.
Pronunciation
Adverb
nich
- not
- Do dat nich!
- Do not do it!
- Dat is nich wohr.
- That is not true.
Interjection
nich?
- is it not? (a tag question)
Derived terms
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
Pronoun
nich (used only after prepositions)
Synonyms
Polish
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Pronoun
nich pl (used only after prepositions)
See also
Slovak
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Pronoun
nich
- genitive/accusative of oni
- genitive of ony
Usage notes
Used after prepositions.
Yola
Adjective
nich
- Alternative form of neeghe
- 1867, OBSERVATIONS BY THE EDITOR, page 18:
- Nich th' hie thoras o' Culpake.
- [Nigh to the high thorns of Colepeak.]
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 18
Categories:
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech non-lemma forms
- Czech pronoun forms
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German adverbs
- German informal terms
- Northern German
- Low German terms inherited from Middle Low German
- Low German terms derived from Middle Low German
- Low German terms derived from Old Saxon
- Low German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Low German terms with IPA pronunciation
- Low German lemmas
- Low German adverbs
- Low German terms with usage examples
- Low German interjections
- Lower Sorbian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Lower Sorbian non-lemma forms
- Lower Sorbian pronoun forms
- Polish 1-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/ix
- Rhymes:Polish/ix/1 syllable
- Polish non-lemma forms
- Polish pronoun forms
- Slovak terms with IPA pronunciation
- Slovak non-lemma forms
- Slovak pronoun forms
- Yola lemmas
- Yola adjectives
- Yola terms with quotations