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.

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

• niets

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

• skin, snik

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.