nein

• IPA^(key): /nai̯n/

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nein

1. nine

• ne, nee, nö, noi, nä, na (colloquial, regional)

From a contraction of Old High German ni ein. Compare Old English nān, from ne ān (Modern English none, further contracted to no).

• IPA^(key): /naɪ̯n/

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• Rhymes: -aɪ̯n

nein

1. no

   Antonyms: ja, doch

   Hast du morgen Abend Zeit? — Nein, leider nicht.

   “Do you have time tomorrow night?” — “No, unfortunately not.”

• Nein, being the standard word, is acceptable in all contexts. Colloquial German has a strong tendency to prefer the alternative forms given above, however.

• “nein” in Duden online
• “nein” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

• IPA^(key): /naɪ̯n/

nein

1. nine

   Is-es schun nein Uher?

   Is it nine o'clock already?

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

A contraction of ni + ein. Compare Old English nān.

nein

1. no
   • c. 825, Tatian, Chapter 13, verse 20.

     […] Bist thu wīzago? inti her antlingota nein […]

     […] Are you prophet? and he responded no […]

• Middle High German: nein
  • German: nein
  • Yiddish: ניין‎ (neyn)

1. Eduard Sievers, Tatian. Lateinisch und altdeutsch mit ausführlichem Glossar, 2nd ed., 1892, p. 35

Compare German neun, Dutch negen, English nine.

• IPA^(key): /naɪ̯n/

nein

1. nine