nich
Czech
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editnich pl
German
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Adverb
editnich
- (informal) Northern Germany form of nicht
Low German
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editEtymology
editFrom 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
editAdverb
editnich
- not
- Do dat nich!
- Do not do it!
- Dat is nich wohr.
- That is not true.
Interjection
editnich?
- is it not? (a tag question)
Derived terms
editLower Sorbian
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editPronoun
editnich (used only after prepositions)
Synonyms
editPolish
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editPronoun
editnich pl (used only after prepositions)
See also
editYola
editAdjective
editnich
- 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
edit- 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
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