"נישט" meaning in Yiddish

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Adverb

IPA: [nɪʃt] Forms: nisht [romanization], ניט [alternative]
Etymology: A contracted form of Old High German niowiht, from nio (“never”) + wiht (“being, creature”), derived from Proto-Germanic *ne (“not”) + *aiw- (“ever”) + *wihtą (“thing”). Compare German nicht. Akin to Dutch niet, West Frisian net, English not where similar developments took place. Etymology templates: {{der|yi|goh|niowiht}} Old High German niowiht, {{der|yi|gem-pro|*ne||not}} Proto-Germanic *ne (“not”), {{cog|de|nicht}} German nicht, {{cog|nl|niet}} Dutch niet, {{cog|fy|net}} West Frisian net, {{cog|en|not}} English not Head templates: {{yi-adv}} נישט • (nisht)
  1. not Derived forms: מער נישט (mer nisht)
    Sense id: en-נישט-yi-adv-JUu5e1fx Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Yiddish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 100 0 Disambiguation of Yiddish entries with incorrect language header: 100 0

Interjection

IPA: [nɪʃt] Forms: nisht [romanization], ניט [alternative]
Etymology: A contracted form of Old High German niowiht, from nio (“never”) + wiht (“being, creature”), derived from Proto-Germanic *ne (“not”) + *aiw- (“ever”) + *wihtą (“thing”). Compare German nicht. Akin to Dutch niet, West Frisian net, English not where similar developments took place. Etymology templates: {{der|yi|goh|niowiht}} Old High German niowiht, {{der|yi|gem-pro|*ne||not}} Proto-Germanic *ne (“not”), {{cog|de|nicht}} German nicht, {{cog|nl|niet}} Dutch niet, {{cog|fy|net}} West Frisian net, {{cog|en|not}} English not Head templates: {{head|yi|interjection}} נישט • (nisht)
  1. no Derived forms: גאָרנישט (gornisht) (english: nothing), קיינער נישט (keyner nisht) (english: no-one)
    Sense id: en-נישט-yi-intj-k5Apjz-w

Alternative forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "niowiht"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German niowiht",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*ne",
        "4": "",
        "5": "not"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *ne (“not”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "nicht"
      },
      "expansion": "German nicht",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "niet"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch niet",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "net"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian net",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "not"
      },
      "expansion": "English not",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "A contracted form of Old High German niowiht, from nio (“never”) + wiht (“being, creature”), derived from Proto-Germanic *ne (“not”) + *aiw- (“ever”) + *wihtą (“thing”).\nCompare German nicht. Akin to Dutch niet, West Frisian net, English not where similar developments took place.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nisht",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ניט",
      "roman": "nit",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "נישט • (nisht)",
      "name": "yi-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "mer nisht",
          "word": "מער נישט"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "not"
      ],
      "id": "en-נישט-yi-adv-JUu5e1fx",
      "links": [
        [
          "not",
          "not"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[nɪʃt]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "נישט"
}

{
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "niowiht"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German niowiht",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*ne",
        "4": "",
        "5": "not"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *ne (“not”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "nicht"
      },
      "expansion": "German nicht",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "niet"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch niet",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "net"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian net",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "not"
      },
      "expansion": "English not",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "A contracted form of Old High German niowiht, from nio (“never”) + wiht (“being, creature”), derived from Proto-Germanic *ne (“not”) + *aiw- (“ever”) + *wihtą (“thing”).\nCompare German nicht. Akin to Dutch niet, West Frisian net, English not where similar developments took place.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nisht",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ניט",
      "roman": "nit",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "interjection"
      },
      "expansion": "נישט • (nisht)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "nothing",
          "roman": "gornisht",
          "word": "גאָרנישט"
        },
        {
          "english": "no-one",
          "roman": "keyner nisht",
          "word": "קיינער נישט"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "no"
      ],
      "id": "en-נישט-yi-intj-k5Apjz-w",
      "links": [
        [
          "no",
          "no"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[nɪʃt]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "נישט"
}
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    "Yiddish lemmas",
    "Yiddish terms derived from Old High German",
    "Yiddish terms derived from Proto-Germanic"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "mer nisht",
      "word": "מער נישט"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
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      },
      "expansion": "Old High German niowiht",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*ne",
        "4": "",
        "5": "not"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *ne (“not”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "nicht"
      },
      "expansion": "German nicht",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "niet"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch niet",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "net"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian net",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "not"
      },
      "expansion": "English not",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "A contracted form of Old High German niowiht, from nio (“never”) + wiht (“being, creature”), derived from Proto-Germanic *ne (“not”) + *aiw- (“ever”) + *wihtą (“thing”).\nCompare German nicht. Akin to Dutch niet, West Frisian net, English not where similar developments took place.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nisht",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ניט",
      "roman": "nit",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "נישט • (nisht)",
      "name": "yi-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "not"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "not",
          "not"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[nɪʃt]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "נישט"
}

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    "Pages with entries",
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    "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
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    "Yiddish lemmas",
    "Yiddish terms derived from Old High German",
    "Yiddish terms derived from Proto-Germanic"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "nothing",
      "roman": "gornisht",
      "word": "גאָרנישט"
    },
    {
      "english": "no-one",
      "roman": "keyner nisht",
      "word": "קיינער נישט"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "niowiht"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German niowiht",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*ne",
        "4": "",
        "5": "not"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *ne (“not”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "nicht"
      },
      "expansion": "German nicht",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "niet"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch niet",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "net"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian net",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "not"
      },
      "expansion": "English not",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "A contracted form of Old High German niowiht, from nio (“never”) + wiht (“being, creature”), derived from Proto-Germanic *ne (“not”) + *aiw- (“ever”) + *wihtą (“thing”).\nCompare German nicht. Akin to Dutch niet, West Frisian net, English not where similar developments took place.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nisht",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ניט",
      "roman": "nit",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "interjection"
      },
      "expansion": "נישט • (nisht)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "no"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "no",
          "no"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[nɪʃt]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "נישט"
}

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