niks
See also: Niks
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nəks/
Audio (file)
Danish
Etymology
From Low German niks (“nothing”) and German nix, nichts.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /neɡs/, [neɡ̊s]
Alternative forms
Related terms
- nul og niks
References
- “niks” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɪks/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: niks
- Rhymes: -ɪks
Alternative forms
- nix (slang, deliberate misspelling)
Synonyms
Derived terms
Adjective
niks (used only predicatively, comparative meer niks, superlative meest niks)
- 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.
- 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.
Derived terms
References
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “niets”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
Low German
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Low German niks (“nothing”) and German nichts.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /niks/, [nɪks]
References
- “niks” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Low German niks (“nothing”) and German nichts.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɪks/
References
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