"ne" meaning in German

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Article

IPA: /nə/
Head templates: {{head|de|articles}} ne
  1. Alternative spelling of 'ne Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: 'ne
    Sense id: en-ne-de-article-de:indefinite_article Categories (other): German articles Disambiguation of German articles: 39 42 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Interjection

IPA: /neː/
Head templates: {{head|de|interjection}} ne
  1. Alternative spelling of nee Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: nee
    Sense id: en-ne-de-intj-de:no Categories (other): German articles Disambiguation of German articles: 39 42 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Particle

IPA: /nə/
Etymology: From Middle High German ne, ni (“not, if not”), from Old High German ne, ni (“no, not, not at all, by no means”), from Proto-West Germanic *ne, from Proto-Germanic *ne (“not”), from Proto-Indo-European *ne (“not”). Also possibly from a contraction of nicht, dialectal net, nit, ni. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|ne}} Middle High German ne, {{m|gmh|ni|t=not, if not}} ni (“not, if not”), {{inh|de|goh|ne}} Old High German ne, {{m|goh|ni|t=no, not, not at all, by no means}} ni (“no, not, not at all, by no means”), {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*ne}} Proto-West Germanic *ne, {{inh|de|gem-pro|*ne|t=not}} Proto-Germanic *ne (“not”), {{inh|de|ine-pro|*ne|t=not}} Proto-Indo-European *ne (“not”), {{m|de|nicht}} nicht, {{m|de|net}} net, {{m|de|nit}} nit, {{m|de|ni}} ni Head templates: {{head|de|particle}} ne
  1. (colloquial, regional, Northern Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia) right?; is it?; is it not?; tag question Tags: Northern-Germany, colloquial, regional Synonyms: gell, oder, wa, nicht wahr
    Sense id: en-ne-de-particle-de:tag_question Categories (other): Northern German, Regional German, German articles, German entries with incorrect language header, German particles Disambiguation of German articles: 39 42 19 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 26 28 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for ne meaning in German (4.1kB)

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