neu
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Etymology
Clipping of English Neo with u as a placeholder.
Symbol
neu
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Neo terms
English
Etymology
The name of this oncogene is abbreviated from a neuroglioblastoma cell line, from which it was originally isolated in rats.
Noun
neu
- Abbreviation of neuroglioblastoma cell line.
Noun
neu (uncountable)
Basque
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /neu̯/ [neu̯]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -eu̯
- Hyphenation: neu
Pronoun
neu emphatic (non-emphatic form ni)
- (emphatic) First-person singular personal pronoun; I
Usage notes
Emphatic pronouns are primarily used to mark the focus of a sentence:
- Neuk erosiko dut. ― I (not you) will buy it.
Declension
absolutive | neu |
---|---|
ergative | neuk |
dative | neuri |
genitive | neure |
comitative | neurekin |
causative | neugatik, neuregatik |
benefactive | neuretzat, neuretako |
instrumental | neutaz |
inessive | neugan, neuregan, neure baitan, neutan |
locative | neure baitako |
allative | neuregana, neureganat, neure baitara, neure baitarat |
terminative | neuganaino, neureganaino, neu baitaraino, neure baitaraino |
directive | neuganantz |
destinative | neureganako |
ablative | neuganik, neureganik, neugandik, neuregandik, neu baitatik, neu baitarik, neure baitatik, neure baitarik |
See also
singular | plural | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
plain | emphatic | plain | emphatic | ||
1st person | ni | neu, nihaur, nerau | gu | geu, guhaur, gerok | |
2nd person | familiar | hi | heu, hihaur, herori | zuek | zeuek, zuhauek, zerok |
neutral | zu | zeu, zuhaur, zerori | |||
3rd person | use demonstrative and anaphoric pronouns |
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *nĕvem, alteration of Latin nivem.
Pronunciation
Noun
neu f (plural neus)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “neu”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “neu”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “neu” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “neu” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Central Franconian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German niuwe, from Old High German niuwi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nøy̯/
Adjective
neu (masculine neue, feminine neu, comparative neuer, superlative et neuste)
Inflection
masculine | neuter | feminine | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
positive | ||||||
predicative / adverbial | neu | |||||
common case |
strong | neue | neu | |||
weak | ||||||
partitive | neues | — | ||||
dative case |
initial | neuem | neuer | neue | ||
non-initial | neue | |||||
comparative | ||||||
predicative / adverbial | neuer | |||||
common case |
strong | neuere | neuer | |||
weak | ||||||
partitive | neueres | — | ||||
dative case |
initial | neuerem | neuerer | neuere | ||
non-initial | neuere | |||||
superlative | ||||||
predicative / adverbial | et neuste | |||||
common case |
strong | neuste | ||||
weak | ||||||
dative case |
initial | neustem | neuster | neuste | ||
non-initial | neuste | |||||
In this declension type, strong (indefinite) and weak (definite) forms are either not at all distinguished or by tone only. The partitive form follows certain indefinite pronouns like jet (“something”). In the singular dative, there is a simpler distinction between “initial” and “non-initial” position, depending on whether the adjective is the first declined word of the noun phrase or not. |
Esperanto
Verb
neu
- imperative of nei
German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German niuwe, from Old High German niuwi, from Proto-West Germanic *niwi, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos.
Compare Dutch nieuw, English new, Danish ny, Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌾𐌹𐍃 (niujis).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɔʏ̯/
Audio (Germany): (file) Audio (Berlin): (file) Audio (Austria); [nɔe̯]: (file) - Rhymes: -ɔɪ̯
Adjective
neu (strong nominative masculine singular neuer, comparative neuer, superlative am neuesten or am neusten)
- new
- neue Mode ― new fashion
- neueste Mode ― latest fashion, latest style
- was gibt’s Neues? ― what’s the latest news?
- etwas neu machen ― to renovate
- modern, recent, latest
- die neue Geschichte ― modern history, recent history
Declension
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist neu | sie ist neu | es ist neu | sie sind neu | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | neuer | neue | neues | neue |
genitive | neuen | neuer | neuen | neuer | |
dative | neuem | neuer | neuem | neuen | |
accusative | neuen | neue | neues | neue | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der neue | die neue | das neue | die neuen |
genitive | des neuen | der neuen | des neuen | der neuen | |
dative | dem neuen | der neuen | dem neuen | den neuen | |
accusative | den neuen | die neue | das neue | die neuen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein neuer | eine neue | ein neues | (keine) neuen |
genitive | eines neuen | einer neuen | eines neuen | (keiner) neuen | |
dative | einem neuen | einer neuen | einem neuen | (keinen) neuen | |
accusative | einen neuen | eine neue | ein neues | (keine) neuen |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist neuer | sie ist neuer | es ist neuer | sie sind neuer | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | neuerer | neuere | neueres | neuere |
genitive | neueren | neuerer | neueren | neuerer | |
dative | neuerem | neuerer | neuerem | neueren | |
accusative | neueren | neuere | neueres | neuere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der neuere | die neuere | das neuere | die neueren |
genitive | des neueren | der neueren | des neueren | der neueren | |
dative | dem neueren | der neueren | dem neueren | den neueren | |
accusative | den neueren | die neuere | das neuere | die neueren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein neuerer | eine neuere | ein neueres | (keine) neueren |
genitive | eines neueren | einer neueren | eines neueren | (keiner) neueren | |
dative | einem neueren | einer neueren | einem neueren | (keinen) neueren | |
accusative | einen neueren | eine neuere | ein neueres | (keine) neueren |
Derived terms
- erneuern
- Neuanfang
- neuartig
- Neuauflage
- Neuausrichtung
- Neuauszählung
- Neubau
- Neubesetzung
- Neubildung
- Neudruck
- Neue Deutsche Härte
- Neue Deutsche Welle
- Neueinstellung
- Neuengland
- Neuerung
- Neues Testament
- Neugestaltung
- Neugier
- Neugierde
- neugierig
- Neuheit
- neuhochdeutsch
- Neuhochdeutsch
- Neuigkeit
- Neuigkeiten
- Neujahr
- Neuland
- Neulatein
- neulich
- Neuling
- Neumann
- neumodisch
- Neumond
- Neuschnee
- Neuschottland
- neusprachlich
- Neusprech
- neustarten
- Neuwahl
- Neuzeit
- Neuzucht
- Neuzüchtung
- Neuzugang
Further reading
- “neu” in Duden online
- “neu” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “neu”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnɛu̯]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnɛːu̯]
Conjunction
neu
- alternative form of nēve
References
- “neu”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “neu”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- neu in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Mokilese
Noun
neu
Montagnais
Numeral
neu
Norman
Alternative forms
Etymology
From a variant of Old French nuef, from Latin novus.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Adjective
neu m
- (Jersey) new
- 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore[1], page 515:
- Tout neû g'nêt néquie net.
- A new broom sweeps clean.
Old French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnew/, [ˈnøw]
Noun
neu oblique singular, m (oblique plural neus, nominative singular neus, nominative plural neu)
Descendants
- Bourguignon: nou
- Champenois: nou
- Franc-Comtois: noud
- French: nœud
- Norman: noeud
- Picard: neu
- Poitevin-Saintongeais: nouc
- Walloon: nuk
Piedmontese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnø/
Noun
neu m
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Sardinian
Etymology
From Latin naevus (“mole, birthmark”).
Noun
neu
- mole (on skin)
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *nowe (compare Old Breton nou and Irish nó); see the Proto-Celtic etymology for more.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /neɨ̯/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /nei̯/, /nɛ/
- Rhymes: -eɨ̯
Conjunction
neu (triggers soft mutation)
Derived terms
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “neu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies