nothing
Something trifling, or of no consequence or importanceSomething trifling, or of no consequence or importance.
» There's nothing to be afraid of.
Es gibt nichts, wovor man Angst haben müsste.
Бояться нечего.
Немає чого боятися.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)Something trifling, or of no consequence or importance.
- What happened to your face? - It's nothing.
(countable, uncountable)A trivial remark especially in the term sweet nothings.
(countable, uncountable)A nobody (insignificant person).
ничтожествоničtožestvo
нікче́маnikčéma, недорі́каnedoríka, нікче́мникnikčémnyk
- a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential
Examples
8010 sentencesThere's nothing to be afraid of.
Немає чого боятися.
ruБояться нечего.
deEs gibt nichts, wovor man Angst haben müsste.
I have nothing particular to say.
Мені нічого особливо сказати.
ruМне особенно нечего сказать.
It is nothing but a joke.
Це лише жарт.
ruЭто всего лишь шутка.
deEs ist bloß ein Witz.
I know almost nothing about it.
Я майже нічого не знаю про це.
ruЯ почти ничего не знаю об этом.
deIch weiß fast nichts darüber.
It was nothing but a joke.
Це був лише жарт.
ruЭто была всего лишь шутка.
deEs war nur ein Witz.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English nothyng, noon thing, non thing, na þing, nan thing, nan þing, from OldFrom Middle English nothyng, noon thing, non thing, na þing, nan thing, nan þing, from Old English nāþing, nān þing (“nothing”, literally “not any thing”), equivalent to no + thing. Compare Old English nāwiht (“nothing”, literally “no thing”), Swedish ingenting (“nothing”, literally “not any thing, no thing”).
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Forms
plural: nothingsSynonyms
13 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- had nothing to
- there was nothing
- nothing to do
- nothing but
- know nothing about
- nothing else
- nothing wrong with
- nothing wrong
- there's nothing else
- there's nothing wrong
- there's nothing more
- said said nothing