nier
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
nier (plural niere)
Danish
Noun
nier c (singular definite nieren, plural indefinite niere)
- nine (the card rank between eight and ten)
Inflection
Declension of nier
See also
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References
- “nier” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch niere, from Old Dutch , from Proto-Germanic *neurô, from Proto-Indo-European *negʷʰrós.
Pronunciation
Noun
nier f (plural nieren, diminutive niertje n)
- A kidney.
- (especially in the diminutive) An animal kidney eaten as a food.
- Ze aten een pastei met niertjes.
- They ate a pasty with kidneys.
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French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French noiier (stressed stem ni-), from Latin negāre. Reformed to avoid confusion with noyer.
Pronunciation
Verb
nier
- to deny
Conjugation
Conjugation of nier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | nier | |||||
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| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | niant /njɑ̃/ or /ni.ɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | nié /nje/ or /ni.e/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | nie /ni/ |
nies /ni/ |
nie /ni/ |
nions /njɔ̃/ or /ni.ɔ̃/ |
niez /nje/ or /ni.e/ |
nient /ni/ |
| imperfect | niais /njɛ/ or /ni.ɛ/ |
niais /njɛ/ or /ni.ɛ/ |
niait /njɛ/ or /ni.ɛ/ |
niions /ni.jɔ̃/ |
niiez /ni.je/ |
niaient /njɛ/ or /ni.ɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | niai /nje/ or /ni.e/ |
nias /nja/ or /ni.a/ |
nia /nja/ or /ni.a/ |
niâmes /njam/ or /ni.am/ |
niâtes /njat/ or /ni.at/ |
nièrent /njɛʁ/ or /ni.ɛʁ/ | |
| future | nierai /ni.ʁe/ or /ni.ə.ʁe/ |
nieras /ni.ʁa/ or /ni.ə.ʁa/ |
niera /ni.ʁa/ or /ni.ə.ʁa/ |
nierons /ni.ʁɔ̃/ or /ni.ə.ʁɔ̃/ |
nierez /ni.ʁe/ or /ni.ə.ʁe/ |
nieront /ni.ʁɔ̃/ or /ni.ə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | nierais /ni.ʁɛ/ or /ni.ə.ʁɛ/ |
nierais /ni.ʁɛ/ or /ni.ə.ʁɛ/ |
nierait /ni.ʁɛ/ or /ni.ə.ʁɛ/ |
nierions /ni.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ni.ə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
nieriez /ni.ʁje/ or /ni.ə.ʁje/ |
nieraient /ni.ʁɛ/ or /ni.ə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | nie /ni/ |
nies /ni/ |
nie /ni/ |
niions /ni.jɔ̃/ |
niiez /ni.je/ |
nient /ni/ |
| imperfect2 | niasse /njas/ or /ni.as/ |
niasses /njas/ or /ni.as/ |
niât /nja/ or /ni.a/ |
niassions /nja.sjɔ̃/ or /ni.a.sjɔ̃/ |
niassiez /nja.sje/ or /ni.a.sje/ |
niassent /njas/ or /ni.as/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | nie /ni/ |
— | nions /njɔ̃/ or /ni.ɔ̃/ |
niez /nje/ or /ni.e/ |
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| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
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Further reading
- “nier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.