niets

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch niets, from Old Dutch niewihts, niewehts, partitive genitive of niewiht (whence modern niet). Cognate with German nichts. By surface analysis, n- +‎ iets or niet +‎ -s.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nits/
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  • Hyphenation: niets
  • Rhymes: -its

Pronoun

niets

  1. nothing
    Synonym: niks
    Antonym: iets

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