nühs

See also: nuus

Central Franconian

Alternative forms
  • nüß, nüüs (alternative spellings)
  • neihst (Moselle Franconian)
  • nix (from colloquial German; now widespread, even exclusive in Kölsch)

Etymology

The forms Ripuarian nühs, Moselle Franconian neihst (also Luxembourgish näischt) can be traced back to older *niust of somewhat obscure origin, but eventually probably from Old High German niowiht, whence also net (“not”) and German nicht, nichts.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nyːs/

Pronoun

nühs (indefinite)

  1. (Ripuarian, dated in some dialects) nothing
    Wat nühs koss, dat es och nühs.
    What costs nothing is worth nothing.
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