nei

• neu (Ripuarian)

From Middle High German niuwe, from Old High German niuwi.

nei

1. (Moselle Franconian) new

nei

1. First-person singular possessive; my (used with a special class of objects including living things)

A parallel development to standard German hinein.

nei

1. (Erzgebirgisch) in (away from the speaker)

• neibeißn
• neibuttrn
• neifahrn

From Middle High German niuwe, from Old High German niuwi, from Proto-West Germanic *niwi, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos.

nei

1. (Erzgebirgisch) new

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From ne (“no”) +‎ -i (infinitive verb suffix).

• IPA^(key): /ˈnei/

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• Rhymes: -ei
• Hyphenation: ne‧i

nei (present neas, past neis, future neos, conditional neus, volitive neu)

1. to say no, to reply in negation or disagreement

   Antonym: jesi

   nei demandon / nei al demando ― to say no to a question

   Ŝi neis per kapskuo. ― She replied no with a shake of the head.

2. to deny (assert that something is not true)

   Synonym: negi

   nei la ekziston de Dio ― to deny the existence of God

   Oni simple ne povas nei faktojn. ― You simply can't deny facts.

• neado

From Old Norse nei, from Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *nē (“not”), from Proto-Indo-European *né, *nē, *nēy (negative particle).

• IPA^(key): /naiː/
• Rhymes: -aiː
• Homophone: neig

nei

1. no

   Synonym: neiggj

   Antonyms: ja, jú, júgv

• nee, nää, nä (Low Prussian)
• ne, neh, nej (in various dialects)

nei

1. (Low Prussian) alternative form of nee

nei

1. romanization of 𐌽𐌴𐌹

From Middle High German niuwe, from Old High German niuwi.

• IPA^(key): /naɪ̯/

nei (comparative neier, superlative neiest)

1. new

• Neichkeet

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

From Old Norse nei, from Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *nē (“not”), from Proto-Indo-European *né, *nē, *nēy (negative particle).

• IPA^(key): /neiː/
• Rhymes: -eiː

nei

1. no

   Synonyms: (informal) neibb, nau, (children's slang) nauts

   Antonyms: já, (children's slang) júts, (implies a positive contradiction, used to contradict a negative) jú

2. exclamation indicating being pleasantly surprised

   Nei, en gaman! ― Oh how fun!

   Nei, hæ! ― What a surprise to see you here!

nei n (genitive singular neis, nominative plural nei)

1. a no

• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “nei”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies

• ein

• IPA^(key): ^°°/nej/^[1][2]
• Rhymes: -ej
• Hyphenation: nei

nei

1. contraction of in i; in the

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛ.i/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ɛi
• Hyphenation: nè‧i

nei m

1. plural of neo

• -ine

• neī: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈne.iː]
• neī: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnɛː.i]
• nei: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnɛj]
• nei: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnɛj]

neī

1. genitive singular of neon

nei

1. Old Latin form of nē
   • c. 500 BC, Garigliano bowl:

     𐌍𐌄𐌉[- - -]𐌐𐌀𐌓𐌉𐌌𐌄𐌃𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌𐌊𐌏𐌌𐌌𐌄𐌏𐌉𐌔𐌔𐌏𐌊𐌉𐌏𐌉𐌔𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌖𐌏𐌉𐌀𐌃𐌃𐌄𐌏𐌌𐌃𐌖𐌏

     NEIPARIMEDESOMKOMMEOISSOKIOISTRIVOIADDEOMDVO
     nei pari med esom kom meois sokiois trifos audeom duo[m]

     Do not take me! I am with my three companions (property) of the two Audii

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *nei. Cognate to Latvian nei, Proto-Slavic *ni.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /nʲɛɪ̌/

nei̇̃

1. neither ... nor
2. than

   Synonym: už

From Middle High German niuwe, from Old High German niuwi. Cognate with German neu, Dutch nieuw, English new, West Frisian nij.

• IPA^(key): /nai̯/, [nɑɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -ɑɪ

nei (masculine neien, neuter neit, comparative méi nei, superlative am neisten)

1. new

nei (nei⁵ / nei⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄋㄟ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 哪

nei

1. nonstandard spelling of néi
2. nonstandard spelling of něi
3. nonstandard spelling of nèi

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

• nai (Mooring)
• nii (Sylt)

From Old Frisian nī, from Proto-West Germanic *niwi, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz. Cognates include West Frisian nij.

nei

1. (Föhr-Amrum) new

   en neien waanj ― a new car

   nei eerdaapler ― new potatoes

From Old Norse nei, from Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *nē (“not”), from Proto-Indo-European *né, *nē, *nēy (negative particle).

• IPA^(key): /næɪ/

nei

1. no

   Antonyms: ja, jo

• neida

nei

1. no

nei n (definite singular neiet, indefinite plural nei, definite plural neia or neiene)

1. no

• “nei” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse nei, from Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *nē (“not”), from Proto-Indo-European *né, *nē, *nēy (negative particle).

• IPA^(key): /nɛɪː/

nei

1. no (used to show disagreement or negation)

   Antonyms: jau, jo

2. no (used to express displeasure)

   Antonym: ja

nei n (definite singular neiet, indefinite plural nei, definite plural neia)

1. a no

   Antonyms: ja, jo

• IPA^(key): /nɛɪː/

nei

1. imperative of neia

• IPA^(key): /ˈneːɪ/

nei n

1. (non-standard since 2012) definite plural of ne

• “nei” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• ein

• nā, nēy

From Proto-Germanic *nēhw (“near”). Cognates include Old English nēah and Old Saxon nāh.

• IPA^(key): /ˈneːi̯/

nēi (comparative niār, superlative nēst)

1. near

nēi (+ dative)

1. after, according to

• Saterland Frisian: nai
• West Frisian: nei

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

From Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *nē (“not”), from Proto-Indo-European *né, *nē, *nēy (negative particle).

nei

1. no

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “nei”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

From Middle High German niuwe, from Old High German niuwi. Compare German neu, Dutch nieuw, English new.

nei

1. new

nei

1. here

nei

1. this

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *nei. Cognates include Hawaiian nei and Samoan nei.

• IPA^(key): [ˈne.i]
• Hyphenation: ne‧i

nei

1. this, these

nei

1. now

nei

1. Emphasises a question; what do you say?

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 250

• gwnei, gnei

• IPA^(key): /nei̯/
• Rhymes: -ei̯

nei (not mutable)

1. second-person singular future colloquial of gwneud

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• (Clay) IPA^(key): /nai̯/
• (Wood) IPA^(key): /nɛi̯/

nei

1. towards
2. after (time)