Polyglot Dictionary

nie

/niː/

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. never

    • Das würde ich nie tun.

      I would never do that.

Similar words

niemals

nie is the everyday word for "never"; niemals is a fuller, more emphatic form used for extra stress.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

jamais

jamais is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "never."

Portuguese

nunca

nunca is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "never."

Practice

1 What does nie mean?

2 Fill the gap: Das würde ich ___ tun.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches nie?

Opposites

  • immer
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