Nichtsein

German

Etymology

nicht + sein

Noun

Nichtsein n (genitive Nichtseins, no plural)

  1. nonexistence
    • c. 1810, August Wilhelm Schlegel translating William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act III, Scene I
      Sein oder Nichtsein, das ist hier die Frage
      To be, or not to be, that is the question

Declension

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