"nichts" meaning in German

See nichts in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: [nɪçt͡s], /nixts/ Audio: De-nichts.ogg , De-nichts2.ogg
Rhymes: -ɪçt͡s Etymology: From Middle High German nihtes niht (“nothing of nothing”), a reenforcing construction with niht. See nicht. Cognate with Dutch niets, Hunsrik nichs. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|nihtes niht||nothing of nothing}} Middle High German nihtes niht (“nothing of nothing”), {{cog|nl|niets}} Dutch niets, {{cog|hrx|nichs}} Hunsrik nichs Head templates: {{head|de|pronoun|indefinite pronoun|g=n}} nichts n (indefinite pronoun)
  1. nothing Wikipedia link: Friedrich Kluge, John Francis Davis Tags: indefinite, neuter, pronoun Synonyms: nix (english: a very common colloquial pronunciation; frequently seen in informal writing), nischt (english: widely restricted to eastern Germany) [dialectal]
    Sense id: en-nichts-de-pron-F4XPw7xq Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German pronouns, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Related terms: wer, werderjenigeder, dieser, jener, derselbeebenderebenjener, sonst wersonst einersonst jemand(ein) anderer, jederalle, niemandkeiner, einerjemandirgendeinerirgendjemandmancher, wer auch immer, was, wasdas, dieses, jenes, dasselbeebendasebenjenes, sonst was(ein) anderes, jedes, keins, irgendetwasirgendwasmanches, was auch immer, welch, sonst welch, alle, keinsweder noch, irgendeins, welcher auch immer, wie, so, gleichgleichwiegenauso, sonst wieanderswieandersrum, egal wie, keineswegs, irgendwie, wie auch immer, was für, solchderlei, ebensoebensolchsolcherlei, anders, allerlei, keinerlei, mancherlei, was für einer auch immer, wann, jetzt, dann, ebendanngleichzeitig, sonst wannwann anders, immer, nieniemals, irgendwann, wann auch immer, wo, dahier, dadort, ebendagleichenorts, sonst wowoandersandernorts, überallallerortsallerorten, nirgendwonirgendsnirgend, irgendwomancherorts, wo auch immer, woher, hierher, dortherweither, ebendaher, sonst woher, überallher, nirgendwohernirgendshernirgendher, irgendwoher, woher auch immer, wohin, hierhin, dorthinfernhin, ebendahin, sonst wohin, überallhin, nirgendwohinnirgendshinnirgendhin, irgendwohin, wohin auch immer, wie viele, so vielewenige, so vieleviele, genauso vieleebenso viele, -, keine, irgendwelcheeinige, wie viele auch immer, wie viel, so vielwenig, so vielviel, genauso vielebenso viel, alles, nichtskein, etwas, wie viel auch immer, warumweshalbweswegenwieso, darumdeshalbdeswegenderentwegen, ebendarumebendeshalbebendeswegengleichfalls, andernfallsansonsten, grundlosumsonst, irgendwie(aus irgendeinem Grund), warum auch immer

Alternative forms

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          "word": "wann"
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}

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