"nicht" meaning in German

See nicht in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /nɪçt/, [nɪçt], [niçt], [nɪxt], [nixt], [-χt], [nɪɕt], [nəɕt], [-ʃt], /nɪç/ Audio: De-nicht.ogg , De-nicht2.ogg
Rhymes: -ɪçt, -ɪç Etymology: From Middle High German niwiht, niweht, niht, a contracted form of Old High German niowiht, from nio (“never”) + wiht (“being, creature”), the last from Proto-Germanic *wihtą. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|niwiht}} Middle High German niwiht, {{m|gmh|niweht}} niweht, {{m|gmh|niht}} niht, {{inh|de|goh|niowiht}} Old High German niowiht, {{m|goh|nio||never}} nio (“never”), {{m|goh|wiht||being, creature}} wiht (“being, creature”), {{der|de|gem-pro|*wihtą}} Proto-Germanic *wihtą Head templates: {{head|de|adverb||||am {{{2}}}|head=|sort=}} nicht, {{de-adv}} nicht
  1. not, non- (negates the meaning of a verb, adjective, or adverb) Derived forms (nichtig): Nichtigkeit
    Sense id: en-nicht-de-adv-D91LR9RL Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 97 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: nich, nich' (english: reflecting the common pronunciation) [informal] [writing, journalism, literature, communications, publishing, media], net, nit [Austria, Southern-Germany, colloquial, in central Germany, southern-Germany]

Interjection

IPA: /nɪçt/, [nɪçt], [niçt], [nɪxt], [nixt], [-χt], [nɪɕt], [nəɕt], [-ʃt], /nɪç/ Audio: De-nicht.ogg , De-nicht2.ogg
Rhymes: -ɪçt, -ɪç Etymology: From Middle High German niwiht, niweht, niht, a contracted form of Old High German niowiht, from nio (“never”) + wiht (“being, creature”), the last from Proto-Germanic *wihtą. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|niwiht}} Middle High German niwiht, {{m|gmh|niweht}} niweht, {{m|gmh|niht}} niht, {{inh|de|goh|niowiht}} Old High German niowiht, {{m|goh|nio||never}} nio (“never”), {{m|goh|wiht||being, creature}} wiht (“being, creature”), {{der|de|gem-pro|*wihtą}} Proto-Germanic *wihtą Head templates: {{head|de|interjection|head=nicht?}} nicht?
  1. (tag question, dated or formal) right?; is it?; is it not? Synonyms: gell, ne, nicht wahr, oder, oder nicht, wa
    Sense id: en-nicht-de-intj-Bjjycp87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: nich, nich' (english: reflecting the common pronunciation) [informal] [writing, journalism, literature, communications, publishing, media], net, nit [Austria, Southern-Germany, colloquial, in central Germany, southern-Germany]

Alternative forms

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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nɪɕt]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nəɕt]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[-ʃt]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nɪç/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪçt"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪç"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-nicht.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/69/De-nicht.ogg/De-nicht.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/De-nicht.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-nicht2.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/92/De-nicht2.ogg/De-nicht2.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/De-nicht2.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "nich"
    },
    {
      "english": "reflecting the common pronunciation",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "writing",
        "journalism",
        "literature",
        "communications",
        "publishing",
        "media"
      ],
      "word": "nich'"
    },
    {
      "word": "net"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Austria",
        "Southern-Germany",
        "colloquial",
        "in central Germany",
        "southern-Germany"
      ],
      "word": "nit"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nicht"
}

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