nee

See also: Nee, née, and ñee

English

WOTD – 15 December 2011

Etymology 1

From French née, feminine of né, past participle of naître, to be born.

Adjective

nee (not comparable)

  1. Alternative spelling of née
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

  1. (Geordie) no, used to express no as a quantity, i.e. not any, like German kein/Dutch geen/French rien. Compare with na.
    Nee way man! ― No way
    Thor's nee watter! ― There's no water!

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /niəː/

Particle

nee

  1. no

Anagrams

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)

Adverb

nee

  1. 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.

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.

Anagrams

Dutch Low Saxon

Etymology

Ultimately cognate to German nein.

Adverb

nee

  1. (in some dialects) no

Finnish

colloquial counting number
4. Previous: koo
Next: vii

Numeral

nee

  1. (colloquial) four

See also

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Of dialectal origin, particularly Low German nee.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /neː/

Interjection

nee

  1. (colloquial, regional) Alternative form of nein (“no”)

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, while still being rather infrequent in Austria and Switzerland.

Further reading

  • nee in Duden online

Low German

Etymology 1

Ultimately cognate to German nein, Dutch nee and neen, English no and none.

Alternative forms

Adverb

nee

  1. (in some dialects) no

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.

Alternative forms

Adjective

nee (comparative ne'er, superlative neest)

  1. new

Declension

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

Derived terms

  • Neeheit

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /neː/
  • Audio(file)

Adverb

nee

  1. Alternative form of neen

Manx

Alternative forms

Particle

nee

  1. dependent form of she
    Nee uss y fer lhee? ― Are you the doctor?
    Cha nee eshyn ren eh. ― It's not him that did it.

Postposition

nee

  1. with you, by means of you

Inflection

Pennsylvania German

Interjection

nee

  1. no
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