nix
NothingNothing.
» There's a whole day's work for nix.
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2 senses(colloquial, uncountable)Nothing.
nix
ничто́ništó
A treacherous water-spirit
Nix, Nöck
- a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential
Examples
2 sentencesThere's a whole day's work for nix.
We had to nix tomorrow's meeting because of a scheduling problem.
ruМы вынуждены отменить завтрашнее собрание из-за проблем с расписанием. — paul_lingvo
Translations
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Origin
From German nix, colloquial form of nichts (“nothing”). Compare also Dutch niks (“nothing”From German nix, colloquial form of nichts (“nothing”). Compare also Dutch niks (“nothing”), informal for niets (“nothing”). More at naught.
From German Nix, from Middle High German nickes, niches, from Old High German nichus, nihhus, from Proto-Germanic *nikwus (“water-spirit; nix”), from Proto-Indo-European *neygʷ- (“to wash”). Cognate with Old English nicor (“a water-monster; hippopotamus”) whence English nicker.
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Forms
plural: nixes| Singular | nix |
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uncountable
Synonyms
13 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable