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"2": "gmh",
"3": "nihtes niht",
"4": "",
"5": "nothing of nothing"
},
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},
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},
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},
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],
"etymology_text": "From Middle High German nihtes niht (“nothing of nothing”), a reenforcing construction with niht. See nicht. Cognate with Dutch niets, Hunsrik nichs.",
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}
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"english": "I know that I know nothing.",
"text": "Ich weiß, dass ich nichts weiß.",
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}
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"word": "nix"
},
{
"english": "widely restricted to eastern Germany",
"tags": [
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],
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}
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"John Francis Davis"
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},
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},
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}
],
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"German terms with IPA pronunciation",
"German terms with audio links",
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"word": "nix"
},
{
"english": "widely restricted to eastern Germany",
"tags": [
"dialectal"
],
"word": "nischt"
}
],
"word": "nichts"
}
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