Polyglot Dictionary

nein

/naɪ̯n/

adverb A1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

Adv Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. no

    • Nein, danke.

      No, thank you.

Similar words

doch

nein answers a positive question negatively. doch is the special word for contradicting a NEGATIVE question or statement — "Kommst du nicht? — Doch!" (Aren't you coming? — Yes I am!), a distinction English has no dedicated word for.

Practice

1 What does nein mean?

2 Fill the gap: ___, danke.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches nein?

Opposites

  • ja

See also

adverbcore-vocabulary

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