Meaning
1 sensesAnd not.
I wanted a plate of shrimp, not a bucket of chicken.
He painted the car blue and black, not solid purple.
nicht
а не, неne
Examples
66707 sentencesIt's not something anyone can do.
Це не те, що може зробити кожен.
ruЭто не то, что может сделать каждый.
deDas ist nichts, was jeder Beliebige tun kann.
You may or may not win.
Ти можеш перемогти, а можеш і не перемогти.
deVielleicht gewinnst du, vielleicht aber auch nicht.
The rich are not always happy.
Багаті не завжди щасливі.
ruБогатые не всегда счастливы.
deReiche sind nicht immer glücklich.
You must not give up hope.
Не треба втрачати надію.
ruВы не должны терять надежду.
deDu darfst die Hoffnung nicht aufgeben.
English is not easy for us.
Англійська непроста мова для нас.
ruАнглийский не простой для нас.
deEnglisch fällt uns schwer.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English not, nat, a variant of noght, naht (“not, nothing”), from Old EnglishFrom Middle English not, nat, a variant of noght, naht (“not, nothing”), from Old English *nōht, nāht (“nought, nothing”), shortening of nōwiht, nāwiht (“nothing”, literally “not anything”), from Proto-West Germanic *naiwwiht, corresponding to ne (“not”) + ōwiht, āwiht (“anything”), corresponding to ā (“ever, always”) + wiht (“thing, creature”).
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- C1Ellipsis and substitution — Because the lesson uses it