nää

See also: naa, náa, and ñaa

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old High German neman, from Proto-Germanic *nemaną, from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (to give or take ones due). Compare German nehmen, Dutch nemen, English nim, Icelandic nema, Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (niman).

Pronunciation

Verb

nää (third-person singular simple present nimt, past participle gnaa, past subjunctive nääm, auxiliary haa)

  1. to take
    • 1978, Rolf Lyssy and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript):
      Würed Si bitte im Wartzimmer Platz ?
      Would you like to take a seat in the waiting-room?

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnæː/, [ˈnæː]
  • Rhymes: -æː
  • Syllabification(key): nää

Pronoun

nää

  1. (colloquial) nominative of nämä
See also

Etymology 2

From sinä, possibly through intermediate snää. Compare dialectal sää.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnæː/, [ˈnæː]
  • Rhymes: -æː
  • Syllabification(key): nää

Pronoun

nää

  1. (dialectal, Oulu) Synonym of sinä

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnæːˣ/, [ˈnæː(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -æː
  • Syllabification(key): nää

Verb

nää

  1. (colloquial) present active indicative connegative of nähdä
  2. (colloquial) second-person singular present imperative of nähdä
  3. (colloquial) second-person singular present active imperative connegative of nähdä
Derived terms
See also

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnæː/, [ˈnæː]
  • Rhymes: -æː
  • Syllabification(key): nää

Interjection

nää

  1. Alternative form of nääh

German Low German

Alternative forms

Adverb

nää

  1. (Low Prussian) Alternative form of nee
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