A1verb · transitive · frequent

no

no · noes · noed · noing

To say “no”To say “no”.

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UK/nəʊ/US/noʊ/

» That is no business of his.

Das ist nicht seine Sache.

Das geht ihn nichts an.

Это не его дело.

Это его не касается.

Це не його справа.

Meaning

2 senses

(colloquial, intransitive)To say “no”.
(colloquial, transitive)To answer with “no”; to decline, reject.

Examples

27417 sentences

That is no business of his.
Це не його справа. — deniko
ruЭто не его дело. — shanghainese
deDas ist nicht seine Sache. — MUIRIEL
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That makes no sense at all.
Це не має жодного сенсу. — deniko
ruЭто совершенно бессмысленно. — marafon
deDas ergibt überhaupt keinen Sinn. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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It makes no difference to me.
Мені байдуже. — deniko
deDas ist mir egal. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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There's no one but me here.
Тут немає нікого крім мене. — ascolto
ruЗдесь кроме меня никого нет. — sharptoothed
deEs gibt dort niemand außer mir hier. — Felixjp
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We had no water to drink.
В нас не було питної води. — lingvokrolik
ruУ нас не было питьевой воды. — ae5s
deWir hatten kein Wasser zum Trinken. — Esperantostern
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Origin

Inherited from Middle English no, na, from Old English nā, nō (“no, not, not ever, never”)

Inherited from Middle English no, na, from Old English nā, nō (“no, not, not ever, never”), from Proto-West Germanic *naiwō, from Proto-Germanic *naiwô (“never”), from *ne (“not”) + *aiwō (“ever”), equivalent to ne + aye. Cognate with Scots na (“no”), Saterland Frisian noa (“no”), West Frisian né (“no”), nea (“never”), Dutch nee (“no”), Low German nee (“no”), German nie (“never”), dialectal German nö (“no”), Danish nej (“no”), Swedish nej (“no”), Icelandic nei (“no”). Doublet of nay.

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Forms

noes, noing, noed, noed

Base form	no · to no
3rd person singular	noes
Present participle	noing
Past simple	noed
Past participle	noed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	no
he, she, it	noes

Past simpleLesson

all persons

noed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have noed
he, she, it	has noed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will no

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

Collocations

12 patterns

had no idea
no idea
there was no
no idea what
had no choice
no matter what
no longer
no matter
there's no way
no one knows
no one was
no choice but

no