"nix" meaning in Englisch

See nix in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: nɪks, ˈnɪksɪz Audio: En-us-nix.ogg Forms: the nix [singular], the nixes [plural]
Etymology: [1, 2] vom deutschen nix (Dialektausdruck für: nichts) :[3] vom deutschen Nixe
  1. Nichts Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: de-nix-en-noun-JXsrh21B
  2. Nein, Ablehnung Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: de-nix-en-noun-csLYk0JV
  3. Nixe
    Sense id: de-nix-en-noun-u1QC1gOZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: mythical creature, water creature, water spirit, water sprite Translations (germanische und skandinavische Mythologie: Nixe): Nixe [feminine] (Deutsch), Nix [masculine] (Deutsch) Translations (umgangssprachlich: Nein, Ablehnung): Nein (Deutsch), Ablehnung (Deutsch) Translations (umgangssprachlich: Nichts): Nichts (Deutsch)

Verb

IPA: nɪks, nɪkst, ˈnɪksɪŋ Forms: simple present I, you, they, simple present nix, he nixes, she nixes, it nixes, simple past nixed, present participle nixing, past participle nixed
Etymology: vom deutschen nix (Dialektausdruck für: nichts)
  1. absagen, streichen Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: de-nix-en-verb-Vb5fME5q
  2. zurückweisen, ablehnen Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: de-nix-en-verb-MBG7pbTR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cancel, forbid, refuse, reject, veto Translations (umgangssprachlich: absagen, streichen): absagen (Deutsch), streichen (Deutsch) Translations (umgangssprachlich: zurückweisen, ablehnen): zurückweisen (Deutsch), ablehnen (Deutsch)

Inflected forms

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      "sense_index": "3",
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      "sense_index": "3",
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      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "water sprite"
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  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "text": "It was a six or nix situation."
        },
        {
          "text": "The band nixed the concert tour."
        },
        {
          "ref": "DW Staff (jen): FedEx's Nixed Airbus Order Sends Parent EADS Into Tailspin. In: Deutsche Welle. Englischsprachige Ausgabe. 8. November 2006 (URL, abgerufen am 16. Juni 2014) .",
          "text": "\"FedEx's Nixed Airbus Order Sends Parent EADS Into Tailspin\"",
          "translation": "FedEx's gestrichener Airbus Auftrag bringt die Mutter EADS ins Trudeln."
        },
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          "text": "Lente defluit nix, lacus movetur vix;",
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          "text": "The parliament put a nix on the proposal."
        },
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          "text": "The parliament nixed the proposal."
        }
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      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "naught"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "nought"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "nothing"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "zero"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "nada"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "zilch"
    },
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      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "rejection"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "veto"
    },
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      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "merman"
    },
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      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "mermaid"
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      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "nymph"
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      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "umgangssprachlich: Nichts",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "Nichts"
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      "lang_code": "de",
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      "sense_index": "3",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Nix"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nix"
}

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      "sense_index": "1, 2",
      "word": "confirm"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "ratify"
    }
  ],
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      "form": "simple present I, you, they"
    },
    {
      "form": "simple present nix"
    },
    {
      "form": "he nixes"
    },
    {
      "form": "she nixes"
    },
    {
      "form": "it nixes"
    },
    {
      "form": "simple past nixed"
    },
    {
      "form": "present participle nixing"
    },
    {
      "form": "past participle nixed"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "nix",
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        {
          "text": "The band nixed the concert tour."
        },
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          "text": "\"FedEx's Nixed Airbus Order Sends Parent EADS Into Tailspin\"",
          "translation": "FedEx's gestrichener Airbus Auftrag bringt die Mutter EADS ins Trudeln."
        },
        {
          "text": "Lente defluit nix, lacus movetur vix;",
          "translation": "Der Wald steht alljährlich, Christkind kommt bald."
        }
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        "colloquial"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The parliament nixed the proposal."
        }
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      ],
      "id": "de-nix-en-verb-MBG7pbTR",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "nɪks"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "nɪkst"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "ˈnɪksɪŋ"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "cancel"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "forbid"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "refuse"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "reject"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "veto"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "umgangssprachlich: absagen, streichen",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "absagen"
    },
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      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "umgangssprachlich: absagen, streichen",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "streichen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "umgangssprachlich: zurückweisen, ablehnen",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "zurückweisen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "umgangssprachlich: zurückweisen, ablehnen",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "ablehnen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nix"
}
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    "Englisch",
    "Roter Audiolink",
    "Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch)",
    "Substantiv (Englisch)",
    "Wiktionary:Audio-Datei",
    "siehe auch"
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  "etymology_text": "[1, 2] vom deutschen nix (Dialektausdruck für: nichts)\n:[3] vom deutschen Nixe",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "the nix",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "the nixes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "mythical creature"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "water creature"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "water spirit"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "water sprite"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "nix",
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It was a six or nix situation."
        },
        {
          "text": "The band nixed the concert tour."
        },
        {
          "ref": "DW Staff (jen): FedEx's Nixed Airbus Order Sends Parent EADS Into Tailspin. In: Deutsche Welle. Englischsprachige Ausgabe. 8. November 2006 (URL, abgerufen am 16. Juni 2014) .",
          "text": "\"FedEx's Nixed Airbus Order Sends Parent EADS Into Tailspin\"",
          "translation": "FedEx's gestrichener Airbus Auftrag bringt die Mutter EADS ins Trudeln."
        },
        {
          "text": "Lente defluit nix, lacus movetur vix;",
          "translation": "Der Wald steht alljährlich, Christkind kommt bald."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Nichts"
      ],
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The parliament put a nix on the proposal."
        },
        {
          "text": "The parliament nixed the proposal."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Nein, Ablehnung"
      ],
      "sense_index": "2",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Nixes often attempt to lure humans into the water."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Nixe"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "germanische und skandinavische Mythologie"
      ],
      "sense_index": "3"
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "nɪks"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "ˈnɪksɪz"
    },
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      "audio": "En-us-nix.ogg",
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "naught"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "nought"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "nothing"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "zero"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "nada"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "zilch"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "rejection"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "veto"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "merman"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "mermaid"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "nymph"
    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "umgangssprachlich: Nichts",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "Nichts"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "umgangssprachlich: Nein, Ablehnung",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "Nein"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "umgangssprachlich: Nein, Ablehnung",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "Ablehnung"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "germanische und skandinavische Mythologie: Nixe",
      "sense_index": "3",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Nixe"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "germanische und skandinavische Mythologie: Nixe",
      "sense_index": "3",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Nix"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nix"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense_index": "1, 2",
      "word": "confirm"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "ratify"
    }
  ],
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    "Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch)",
    "Verb (Englisch)",
    "siehe auch"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "vom deutschen nix (Dialektausdruck für: nichts)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "simple present I, you, they"
    },
    {
      "form": "simple present nix"
    },
    {
      "form": "he nixes"
    },
    {
      "form": "she nixes"
    },
    {
      "form": "it nixes"
    },
    {
      "form": "simple past nixed"
    },
    {
      "form": "present participle nixing"
    },
    {
      "form": "past participle nixed"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "nix",
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The band nixed the concert tour."
        },
        {
          "ref": "DW Staff (jen): FedEx's Nixed Airbus Order Sends Parent EADS Into Tailspin. In: Deutsche Welle. Englischsprachige Ausgabe. 8. November 2006 (URL, abgerufen am 16. Juni 2014) .",
          "text": "\"FedEx's Nixed Airbus Order Sends Parent EADS Into Tailspin\"",
          "translation": "FedEx's gestrichener Airbus Auftrag bringt die Mutter EADS ins Trudeln."
        },
        {
          "text": "Lente defluit nix, lacus movetur vix;",
          "translation": "Der Wald steht alljährlich, Christkind kommt bald."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "absagen, streichen"
      ],
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The parliament nixed the proposal."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "zurückweisen, ablehnen"
      ],
      "sense_index": "2",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "nɪks"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "nɪkst"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "ˈnɪksɪŋ"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "cancel"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "forbid"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "refuse"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "reject"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "veto"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "umgangssprachlich: absagen, streichen",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "absagen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "umgangssprachlich: absagen, streichen",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "streichen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "umgangssprachlich: zurückweisen, ablehnen",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "zurückweisen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "umgangssprachlich: zurückweisen, ablehnen",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "ablehnen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nix"
}

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