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From Middle High German niuwe, from Old High German niuwi.

nei

  1. (Moselle Franconian) new

nei

  1. First-person singular possessive; my (used with a special class of objects including living things)

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nei

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) in (away from the speaker)

From Middle High German niuwe, from Old High German niuwi, from Proto-West Germanic *niwi, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos.

nei

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) new
  • 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 89:

From ne (no) +‎ -i (infinitive verb suffix).

  • IPA(key): [ˈnei]
  • Rhymes: -ei
  • Hyphenation: ne‧i

nei (present neas, past neis, future neos, conditional neus, volitive neu)

  1. to say no, to reply in negation or disagreement
    Antonym: jesi
    nei demandon / nei al demandoto say no to a question
    Ŝi neis per kapskuo.She replied no with a shake of the head.
  2. to deny (assert that something is not true)
    Synonym: negi
    nei la ekziston de Dioto deny the existence of God
    Oni simple ne povas nei faktojn.You simply can't deny facts.

From Old Norse nei, from Proto-Germanic *nai (never), *nē (not), from Proto-Indo-European *ne, *nē, *nēy (negative particle).

nei

  1. no
    Synonym: neiggj
    Antonyms: ja, , júgv

nei

  1. (Low Prussian) Alternative form of nee

nei

  1. Romanization of 𐌽𐌴𐌹

From Middle High German niuwe, from Old High German niuwi.

nei (comparative neier, superlative neiest)

  1. new
Declension of nei (see also Appendix:Hunsrik adjectives)
masculine feminine neuter plural
Weak inflection nominative nei nei nei neie
accusative neie nei nei neie
dative neie neie neie neie
Strong inflection nominative neier neie neies neie
accusative neie neie neies neie
dative neiem neier neiem neie

From Old Norse nei, from Proto-Germanic *nai (never), *nē (not), from Proto-Indo-European *ne, *nē, *nēy (negative particle).

nei

  1. no
    Synonyms: (informal) neibb, nau, (children's slang) nauts
    Antonyms: , (children's slang) júts, (implies a positive contradiction, used to contradict a negative)
  2. exclamation indicating being pleasantly surprised
    Nei, en gaman!Oh how fun!
    Nei, hæ!What a surprise to see you here!

nei n (genitive singular neis, nominative plural nei)

  1. a no

nei

  1. contraction of in i; in the

nei m

  1. plural of neo
  1. 1.0 1.1 nei in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  2. ^ nei in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

neī

  1. genitive singular of neon

nei

  1. Early Latin form of
    • c. 500 BC, Garigliano bowl:

      𐌍𐌄𐌉[- - -]𐌐𐌀𐌓𐌉𐌌𐌄𐌃𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌𐌊𐌏𐌌𐌌𐌄𐌏𐌉𐌔𐌔𐌏𐌊𐌉𐌏𐌉𐌔𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌖𐌏𐌉𐌀𐌃𐌃𐌄𐌏𐌌𐌃𐌖𐌏

      NEIPARIMEDESOMKOMMEOISSOKIOISTRIVOIADDEOMDVO
      nei pari med esom kom meois sokiois trifos audeom duo[m]
      Do not take me! I am with my three companions (property) of the two Audii

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic: cognate to Latvian nei, Proto-Slavic *ni .[1]

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nei

  1. neither ... nor
  2. than
    Synonym:
  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “331”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page nei

From Middle High German niuwe, from Old High German niuwi. Cognate with German neu, Dutch nieuw, English new, West Frisian nij.

nei (masculine neien, neuter neit, comparative méi nei, superlative am neisten)

  1. new

nei (nei5nei0, Zhuyin ˙ㄋㄟ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of

nei

  1. Nonstandard spelling of néi.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of něi.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of nèi.
  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

From Old Frisian , from Proto-West Germanic *niwi. Cognates include West Frisian nij.

nei (comparative neier, superlative neist)

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) new

    en neien waanj, nei eerdaapler

    a new car, new potatoes

Inflection of nei (Föhr-Amrum dialect)

  masculine feminine /
neuter
plural
indefinite definite
positive
predicative / adverbial nei
attributive neien nei nei
independent neien
partitive neis
comparative
predicative / adverbial neier
attributive neieren neier neier
independent neieren
partitive neiers
superlative
predicative / adverbial am neisten
attributive neist neist
independent neisten

From Old Norse nei, from Proto-Germanic *nai (never), *nē (not), from Proto-Indo-European *ne, *nē, *nēy (negative particle).

nei

  1. no
    Antonyms: ja, jo

nei

  1. no

nei n (definite singular neiet, indefinite plural nei, definite plural neia or neiene)

  1. no

From Old Norse nei, from Proto-Germanic *nai (never), *nē (not), from Proto-Indo-European *ne, *nē, *nēy (negative particle).

nei

  1. no (used to show disagreement or negation)
    Antonyms: jau, jo
  2. no (used to express displeasure)
    Antonym: ja

nei n (definite singular neiet, indefinite plural nei, definite plural neia)

  1. a no
    Antonyms: ja, jo

nei

  1. imperative of neia

nei n

  1. (non-standard since 2012) definite plural of ne

From Proto-Germanic *nēhw (near). Cognates include Old English nēah and Old Saxon nāh.

nēi (comparative niār, superlative nēst)

  1. near

nēi (+ dative)

  1. after, according to
  • Saterland Frisian: nai
  • West Frisian: nei
  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

From Proto-Germanic *nai (never), *nē (not), from Proto-Indo-European *ne, *nē, *nēy (negative particle).

nei

  1. no
  • nei”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

From Middle High German niuwe, from Old High German niuwi. Compare German neu, Dutch nieuw, English new.

nei

  1. new

nei

  1. here

nei

  1. this

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *nei. Cognates include Hawaiian nei and Samoan nei.

  • IPA(key): [ˈne.i]
  • Hyphenation: ne‧i

nei

  1. this, these

nei

  1. now

nei

  1. Emphasises a question; what do you say?
  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 250

nei (not mutable)

  1. second-person singular future colloquial of gwneud

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nei

  1. towards
  2. after (time)