"niets" meaning in Dutch

See niets in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: /nits/ Audio: Nl-niets.ogg
Rhymes: -its 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|niets}} Middle Dutch niets, {{inh|nl|odt|niewihts}} Old Dutch niewihts, {{cog|de|nichts}} German nichts, {{surf|nl|n-|iets}} By surface analysis, n- + iets, {{af|nl|niet|-s}} niet + -s Head templates: {{head|nl|pronoun|cat2=indefinite pronouns}} niets
  1. nothing Synonyms: niks Derived forms: niets nieuws onder de zon, nietsnut, nietsontziend, nietsvermoedend, nietszeggend

Inflected forms

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        },
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        },
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