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German
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From early modern Dutch niet (“nothing”). Compare contemporary niets.
Noun
Niete f (genitive Niete, plural Nieten)
- blank, dud (lottery ticket that does not give a payout)
2009, Joachim Hartung, Bärbel Elpelt, Karl-Heinz Klösener, Statistik: Lehr- und Handbuch der angewandten Statistik, 15th edition, Oldenbourg Verlag, section 98:Man möchte z. B. wissen, mit welcher Wahrscheinlichkeit der Motor eines Pkws noch 20000 km hält, wenn man schon weiß, daß er bereits 100000 km ohne Störung gelaufen ist, oder wie groß die Wahrscheinlichkeit ist, an einem Herzinfarkt zu sterben, wenn es sich um eine männliche Person handelt, deren Alter mehr als 40 Jahre beträgt, oder aber wie wahrscheinlich es ist, daß das zweite Los ein Gewinn ist, wenn das erste eine Niete war.- You might like to know, for instance, the probability that a passenger car's engine will run for another 20,000 km if you already know that it has 10,000 km on it and has never broken down, or how great the probability is of dying of a heart attack in the case of a male over the age of 40, or even how likely it is that the second lottery ticket is a winning ticket when the first one was a dud.
- loser; good-for-nothing
- Du bist eine echte Niete. ― You're a real loser.
- Im Schwimmen bin ich eine Niete. ― I'm a terrible swimmer.
2008, Susan Mallery, translated by Gisela Schmitt and Cora Verlag., Kenne alle, will nur eine:„(...) Er war im Bett eine Niete – wie gesagt, meiner Meinung nach. (...)“- "(...) He was a loser in bed – like I said, in my humble opinion."
Declension
Etymology 2
From Middle High German niet, niete (“hammered nail”).
- Niet m (less common; technical)
Noun
Niete f (genitive Niete, plural Nieten)
- rivet
2012, Michael Wieland, Positionen, BoD GmbH, section 85:Hin Wie falzt dabei immer nur am rechten Eck der Rückenlehne den Schaumstoff ein, knickt ihn um und befestigt das eingeraffte Bündel mit einer Niete am unteren Sitzboden aus Spanholz.- While doing that, Hin Wie always folds the foam rubber inwards only at right angles of the backrest, bends it over and joins the accumulated bundle with a rivet to the lower base of the seat made of chipboard.
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Niete” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache