niks
See also: Niks
Afrikaans
    
    
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /nəks/
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Danish
    
    Etymology
    
From Low German niks (“nothing”) and German nix, nichts.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /neɡs/, [neɡ̊s]
Alternative forms
    
Related terms
    
- nul og niks
References
    
- “niks” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
    
    
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /nɪks/
- Audio - (file) 
- Hyphenation: niks
- Rhymes: -ɪks
Alternative forms
    
- nix (slang, deliberate misspelling)
Synonyms
    
Derived terms
    
Adjective
    
niks (used only predicatively, comparative meer niks, superlative meest niks)
- disagreeable, distasteful, not liking
- Ik vind het niks dat ze hier huizen gaan bouwen.- I don't like that they're going to build houses here.
 
 
- uninteresting
- Jij mag deze schilderijen geweldig vinden, maar voor mij is het niks.- You may think these paintings are great, but they're not interesting for me.
 
 
References
    
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “niets”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
Low German
    
    
Norwegian Bokmål
    
    Etymology
    
From Low German niks (“nothing”) and German nichts.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /niks/, [nɪks]
References
    
- “niks” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
    
    Etymology
    
From Low German niks (“nothing”) and German nichts.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /nɪks/
References
    
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