nee
English
WOTD – 15 December 2011
Usage notes
- As it is not a naturalised word in English, nee is often italicised.
Etymology 2
From Old English ne or na (“no”). Cognate with Standard English no.
Interjection
nee
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /niəː/
Dutch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Dutch neen, nee, from Old Dutch *nēn (“none, not one”), from *ne ēn, from Proto-Germanic *ne + *ainaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /neː/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: nee
- Rhymes: -eː
Adverb
nee
- no
- 1992, A. F. Th. van der Heijden, Weerborstels, Em. Querido's Uitgeverij, page 23:
- Nee, de stemming zat er goed in.
- No, the atmosphere was great.
- Nee, de stemming zat er goed in.
- 1992, A. F. Th. van der Heijden, Weerborstels, Em. Querido's Uitgeverij, page 23:
Usage notes
- Nee is used to show disagreement or negation.
- Nee, je vergist je.: No, you are mistaken.
- Nee, je mag nu geen televisie kijken: No, you may not watch television now.
- Nee has a formal form, neen, which is archaic in spoken language, but quite common in written language until recently.
German
Alternative forms
Etymology
Of dialectal origin, particularly Low German nee.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /neː/
Usage notes
- Nee is the most common colloquial word for “no” in northern and central Germany. It has also come to be used quite regularly in southern Germany, but is not used in Austria or Switzerland.
Low German
Etymology 2
From Middle Low German nîe, nige, neye, nîwe, from Old Saxon niuwi, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos (“new”). Compare Dutch nieuw, West Frisian nij, English new, German neu.
Declension
Positive forms of nee
gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | he is nee | se is nee | dat is nee | se sünd nee | |
partitive | een Ne'es | een Ne'es | wat Ne'es | allens Ne'e | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | ne'e | ne'e | nee | ne'e |
oblique | ne'en | ne'e | nee | ne'e | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | de ne'e | de ne'e | dat ne'e | de ne'en |
oblique | den ne'en | de ne'e | dat ne'e | de ne'en | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | en ne'e | en ne'e | en nee/ne'et | (keen) ne'en |
oblique | en ne'en | en ne'e | en nee/ne'et | (keen) ne'en |
Comparative forms of nee
gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | he is ne'er | se is ne'er | dat is ne'er | se sünd ne'er | |
partitive | een ne'ers | een ne'ers | wat ne'ers | allens ne'er | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | ne'ere | ne'ere | ne'er | ne'ere |
oblique | ne'ern | ne'ere | ne'er | ne'ere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | de ne'ere | de ne'ere | dat ne'ere | de ne'ern |
oblique | den ne'ern | de ne'ere | dat ne'ere | de ne'ern | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | en ne'ere | en ne'ere | en ne'er | (keen) ne'ern |
oblique | en ne'ern | en ne'ere | en ne'er | (keen) ne'ern |
Superlative forms of nee
gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | he is de Neeste | se is de Neeste | dat is dat Neeste | se sünd de Neesten | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | neeste | neeste | neest | neeste |
oblique | neesten | neeste | neest | neeste | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | de neeste | de neeste | dat neeste | de neesten |
oblique | den neesten | de neeste | dat neeste | de neesten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | en neeste | en neeste | en neest | (keen) neesten |
oblique | en neesten | en neeste | en neest | (keen) neesten |
Note: This declension is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects. |
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Derived terms
- Neeheit
Manx
Pronunciation 1
- IPA(key): /nʲiː/
Verb
nee
Pronunciation 2
- IPA(key): /nʲeː/
Particle
nee
- negative and interogative form of she
- Nee uss y fer lhee? ― Are you the doctor?
- Cha nee eshyn ren eh. ― It's not him that did it.
Navajo
Pennsylvania German
West Frisian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /neː/
Further reading
- “nee”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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