Meaning

1 senses
  1. (derogatory, rhetoric, usually)A phrase including two negative words (no, not, never, etc.) especially when used as intensifiers in informal English.

    doppelte Verneinung

More definitions
  • a grammatically substandard but emphatic negative
  • an affirmative constructed from two negatives

Examples

10 sentences
  1. Neither Esperanto nor Interlingua employ double negative.

    Ані в есператно, ані в інтерлінгво не використовується подвійне заперечення. — deniko

    deEine doppelte Verneinung gibt es weder im Esperanto noch in der Interlingua. — Waldelfe

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  2. We use double negatives in our language.

    deIn unserer Sprache verwenden wir die doppelte Verneinung. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Double negatives are always fun to listen to.

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  4. This sort of structure is called a double negative, but in effect it shows affirmation.

  5. Yiddish, like French, requires double negatives.

    deWie im Französischen ist auch im Jiddischen die doppelte Verneinung erforderlich. — toivo

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Translations

2 languages
Deutsch
phrase in which there are two negative words:

Forms

plural: double negatives
Singulardouble negative
Pluraldouble negatives

regular

Word family

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