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Niks

Niks

See also: niks

Latvian

Proper noun

Niks m

  1. A male given name.

References

  • Klāvs Siliņš: Latviesu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, ISBN 5-7966-0278-0
  • Population Register of Latvia: There were 1133 persons named Niks in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

niks

niks

See also: Niks

Afrikaans

Pronoun

niks

  1. nothing

Danish

Etymology

From German Low German niks (nothing).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /neɡs/, [neɡ̊s]

Interjection

niks or nix

  1. no, no way

Pronoun

niks

  1. nothing

Related terms

  • nul og niks

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪks

Etymology

Probably from colloquial and dialectal German nix[1].

Pronoun

niks

  1. nothing

Synonyms

Adjective

niks (used only predicatively, comparative meer niks, superlative meest niks)

  1. disagreeable, distasteful, not liking
    Ik vind het niks dat ze hier huizen gaan bouwen.
    I don't like that they're going to build houses here.
  2. uninteresting
    Jij mag deze schilderijen geweldig vinden, maar voor mij is het niks.
    You may think these paintings are great, but they're not interesting for me.

Anagrams

References

  1. http://www.etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/niets

Low German

Pronoun

niks

  1. nothing

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German Low German niks (nothing).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /niks/, [nɪks]

Interjection

niks

  1. no, no way

Pronoun

niks

  1. nothing

References

“niks” in The Bokmål Dictionary.


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German Low German niks (nothing).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /niks/, [nɪks]

Interjection

niks

  1. no, no way

Pronoun

niks

  1. nothing

References

“niks” in The Bokmål Dictionary.