adjective · rare

nether

nether · nethermost

нижній

нижний, подземный

nieder, unterirdisch

Lower; underLower; under.

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UK/nɛð.ə/US/nɛð.ɚ/

» Between the upper and nether millstone.

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Meaning

2 senses

Lower; under.
The disappointed child’s nether lip quivered.
nieder
ни́жнийnížnij
lower
Lying beneath, or conceived as lying beneath, the Earth’s surface.
the nether regions
unterirdisch
подзе́мныйpodzémnyj
dwelling beneath the surface of the earth

Examples

3 sentences

Between the upper and nether millstone.
altusi · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
What do you need to build a nether portal?
ruЧто тебе нужно, чтобы построить портал в ад? — ZegPhig
deWas braucht man zum Bau eines Netherportals? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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The nether gate was opened.
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

lower:

beneath the earth's surface:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

lower:

beneath the earth's surface:

Origin

From Middle English nether, nethere, nithere, from Old English niþera (“lower, under, lowe

From Middle English nether, nethere, nithere, from Old English niþera (“lower, under, lowest”, adjective), from niþer, niþor (“below, beneath, down, downwards, lower, in an inferior position”, adverb), from Proto-West Germanic *niþer, from Proto-Germanic *niþer, *niþra (“down”), from Proto-Indo-European *ni-, *nei- (“in, down”). Cognates include Dutch neder, German nieder, Luxembourgish nidder, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish ned (“down”), Danish, Norwegian and Swedish nedre (“lower”), Faroese and Icelandic niður.

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