nej

• IPA^(key): /nɛj/, [najˀ]
• Rhymes: -ajˀ
• Rhymes: -aj

From Swedish nej, from Old Swedish næi, from Old Norse nei, from Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *nē (“not”), from Proto-Indo-European *ne, *nē, *nēy (negative particle).

nej

1. no
2. oh, oh no

nej n (singular definite nejet, plural indefinite nejer)

1. no

See neje (“to curtsey”).

nej

1. imperative of neje

Back-formation or rebracketing of the possessive form neje into nej + e instead of earlier ne + je (< nő + je).

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɛj]

nej (plural nejek)[1]

1. (proscribed) Synonym of feleség (“wife”).

From Arabic نَيِّئ‎ (nayyiʔ).

• IPA^(key): /nɛj/

nej (feminine singular nejja, plural nejjin)

1. raw (uncooked)
2. unripe

• jej (genitive, dative)

nej

1. genitive/dative/locative singular of ona

From Old Swedish næi, from Old Norse nei, from Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *nē (“not”), from Proto-Indo-European *ne, *nē, *nēy (negative particle).

• IPA^(key): /nɛj/

• audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛj

nej (not comparable)

1. no; a negative answer

   Nej, jag har inga pengar med mig.

   No, I have no money with me.

• ja, jo

• nja

nej n

1. a no, a nay; a negative answer or vote

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *mi̯əu (“you all”).

• IPA^(key): /ne˥˧/

nej

1. you (three or more: second person plural)
2. your (three or more: second person plural)

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 136.
• Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN.