nee

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English

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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nee (not comparable)

  1. Alternative spelling of née
Usage notes
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  • As some speakers do not regard it as a fully naturalised word in English, nee is often italicised.

Etymology 2

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From Old English ne or (no). Cognate with Standard English no.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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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!
Derived terms
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See also

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Anagrams

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Afar

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈneː/ [ˈneː]
  • Hyphenation: nee

Pronoun

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née

  1. Full form of

References

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  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN, page 237
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch nee, from Middle Dutch neen, nee, from Old Dutch *nēn.

Pronunciation

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Particle

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nee

  1. no

Anagrams

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Dutch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch neen, nee, from Old Dutch *nēn (none, not one), from *ne ēn, from Proto-Germanic *ne + *ainaz.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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nee

  1. no
    Antonym: ja
    • 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 heb je al, ja kan je krijgen.The only way to find out if someone agrees (with/to something) is to ask. (literally, “You already have "no", but you may still get "yes".”)

Usage notes

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  • Nee is used to show disagreement or negation.
    Nee, je vergist je.No, you are mistaken.
    Nee, je mag nu geen televisie kijkenNo, you are not allowed to watch television now.
  • Nee has an alternative form, neen. In Belgium, it functions as a stressed variant of nee. In the Netherlands, it is an archaic, formal form in spoken language, but was quite common in written language until recently.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: nee
  • Javindo: nee
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: ne

Anagrams

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Dutch Low Saxon

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Etymology

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Ultimately cognate to German nein.

Adverb

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nee

  1. (in some dialects) no

Esperanto

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Etymology

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From ne (no) +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈnee]
  • Rhymes: -ee
  • Hyphenation: ne‧e

Adverb

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nee

  1. rejectingly, denyingly, with the word no
    respondi neeto reply no
    voĉdoni neeto vote no
    nee kapskuito shake one's head no
    decidi neeto decide no

Antonyms

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  • jese (affirmatively, with the word yes)
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  • nea (negative, denying, rejecting)

Finnish

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Finnish numbers (edit)
40
[a], [b] ←  3 4 5  → 
    Cardinal: neljä
    Colloquial counting form: nee, nel
    Ordinal: neljäs
    Colloquial ordinal: nelkki (regional)
    Ordinal abbreviation: 4., 4:s
    Digit name: nelonen
    Adverbial: neljästi
    Multiplier: nelinkertainen
    Distributive: nelittäin
    Fractional: neljäsosa, neljännes

Etymology

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< neljä, specifically the initial syllable

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈneː/, [ˈne̞ː]
  • Rhymes: -eː
  • Syllabification(key): nee

Numeral

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nee (colloquial)

  1. (counting) four

See also

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Anagrams

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German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Of dialectal origin, particularly German Low German nee (no). Cognate to Dutch nee, English no.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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nee

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

Usage notes

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  • 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.

Further reading

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  • nee” in Duden online
  • nee” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hunsrik

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Pronunciation

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Adverb

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nee

  1. no

Further reading

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Low German

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Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

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Adverb

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nee

  1. (in some dialects) no

Etymology 2

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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

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Adjective

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nee (comparative ne'er, superlative neest)

  1. new
Declension
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Derived terms
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Luxembourgish

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Pronunciation

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Adverb

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nee

  1. Alternative form of neen

Manx

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish do·gní.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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nee

  1. future independent analytic form of jean
    Nee eh jannoo eh.He will do it. (literally, “He will do do it.”)
    Quoi nee eh agh mish?Who will do it but me?

Etymology 2

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From Old Irish .

Pronunciation

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Particle

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nee

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

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Etymology

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Cognate with Balantak ngoor.

Noun

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nee

  1. nose
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Postposition

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nee

  1. with you, by means of you

Inflection

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Pennsylvania German

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Interjection

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nee

  1. no

Votic

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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nee

  1. Alternative form of need

West Frisian

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Pronunciation

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Interjection

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nee

  1. no

Further reading

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  • nee”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011