nich pl
genitive / locative plural ofon genitive / locative plural ofona genitive / locative plural ofono nich
( informal ) Northern Germany form ofnicht FromMiddle Low German nicht , a contracted form ofOld Saxon neowiht , fromneo ( “ never ” ) +wiht ( “ being, creature ” ) , derived fromProto-Germanic *ne ( “ not ” ) +*aiw- ( “ ever ” ) +*wiht- ( “ thing ” ) . Akin toGerman nicht ,Dutch niet ,West Frisian net ,English not where similar developments took place.
nich
not Dat isnich wohr. That isnot true. nich?
is it not?( atag question ) nich (used only after prepositions )
genitive / locative / animate accusative ofwóni (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
IPA (key ) : /ˈɲix/ Rhymes:-ix Syllabification:nich nich pl (used only after prepositions )
genitive / accusative / locative plural ofoni genitive / locative plural ofone nich
genitive / accusative ofoni genitive ofony Used after prepositions.
nich
alternative form ofneeghe 1867 ,OBSERVATIONS BY THE EDITOR , page18 :Nich th' hie thoras o' Culpake.[Nigh to the high thorns of Colepeak.] Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor,A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland , London: J. Russell Smith, published1867 ,page18