nei
Central Franconian
    
    
Etymology
    
From Middle High German niuwe, from Old High German niuwi.
Chuukese
    
    Determiner
    
nei
- First-person singular possessive; my (used with a special class of objects including living things)
Related terms
    
| Small objects, concepts | Large objects, living things | Suffix | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | First person | ai | nei | -ei | 
| Second person | omw, om | noum | -om | |
| Third person | an | noun | -an | |
| Plural | First person | äm (exclusive) ach (inclusive) | nöu̇m (exclusive) nöüch (inclusive) | -em (exclusive) -ach (inclusive) | 
| Second person | ämi, ami | noumi | -emi | |
| Third person | ar | nour | -er | 
East Central German
    
    Etymology 1
    
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Derived terms
    
- neibeißn
- neibuttrn
- neifahrn
Etymology 2
    
From Middle High German niuwe, from Old High German niuwi, from Proto-West Germanic *niwi, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos.
Related terms
    
- neibackn
- Neibauwuhning
- neideitsch
- Neigrosch
- neilich
- neimodsch
Further reading
    
- 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 89:
Esperanto
    
    
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): [ˈnei]
- Audio: (file) 
- Rhymes: -ei
- Hyphenation: ne‧i
Conjugation
    
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Derived terms
    
Faroese
    
    Etymology
    
From Old Norse nei, from Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *nē (“not”), from Proto-Indo-European *ne, *nē, *nēy (negative particle).
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /naiː/
- Rhymes: -aiː
- Homophone: neig
German Low German
    
    
Gothic
    
    
Hunsrik
    
    Etymology
    
From Middle High German niuwe, from Old High German niuwi.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /naɪ̯/
Declension
    
| Declension of nei (see also Appendix:Hunsrik adjectives) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | ||
| Weak inflection | nominative | nei | nei | nei | neie | 
| accusative | neie | nei | nei | neie | |
| dative | neie | neie | neie | neie | |
| Strong inflection | nominative | neier | neie | neies | neie | 
| accusative | neie | neie | neies | neie | |
| dative | neiem | neier | neiem | neie | |
Derived terms
    
- Neichkeet
Further reading
    
Icelandic
    
    Etymology
    
From Old Norse nei, from Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *nē (“not”), from Proto-Indo-European *ne, *nē, *nēy (negative particle).
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /neiː/
- Rhymes: -eiː
Interjection
    
nei
Anagrams
    
Italian
    
    
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ˈnɛ.i/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɛi
- Hyphenation: nè‧i
References
    
- nei in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- nei in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
Anagrams
    
Latin
    
    Pronunciation
    
- neī: (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈne.iː/, [ˈneiː]
- neī: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈne.i/, [ˈnɛːi]
- nei: (Classical) IPA(key): /nei̯/, [nɛi̯]
- nei: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /nej/, [nɛj]
Adverb
    
nei
- Early 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
 
- NEIPARIMEDESOMKOMMEOISSOKIOISTRIVOIADDEOMDVO
 
 
- c. 500 BC, Garigliano bowl:
Luxembourgish
    
    Etymology
    
From Middle High German niuwe, from Old High German niuwi. Cognate with German neu, Dutch nieuw, English new, West Frisian nij.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /nai̯/, [nɑɪ̯]
- Rhymes: -ɑɪ
Declension
    
| number and gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | hien ass nei | si ass nei | et ass nei | si si(nn) nei | |
| nominative / accusative | attributive and/or after determiner | neien | nei | neit | nei | 
| independent without determiner | neies | neier | |||
| dative | after any declined word | neien | neier | neien | neien | 
| as first declined word | neiem | neiem | |||
Mandarin
    
    
Romanization
    
nei
Usage notes
    
- 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.
North Frisian
    
    Etymology
    
From Old Frisian nī, which derives from Proto-West Germanic *niwi. Cognates include West Frisian nij.
Adjective
    
nei (comparative neier, superlative neist)
- (Föhr-Amrum) new
- en neien waanj, nei eerdaapler- a new car, new potatoes
 
 
Usage notes
    
After an indefinite article preceding a masculine noun nei changes to neien.
Norwegian Bokmål
    
    Etymology
    
From Old Norse nei, from Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *nē (“not”), from Proto-Indo-European *ne, *nē, *nēy (negative particle).
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /næɪ/
Related terms
    
References
    
- “nei” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
    
    Etymology 1
    
From Old Norse nei, from Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *nē (“not”), from Proto-Indo-European *ne, *nē, *nēy (negative particle).
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /nɛɪː/
Interjection
    
nei
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /nɛɪː/
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ˈneːɪ/
References
    
- “nei” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
    
Old Frisian
    
    
Etymology
    
From Proto-Germanic *nēhw (“near”). Cognates include Old English nēah and Old Saxon nāh.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ˈneːi̯/
References
    
- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN
Old Norse
    
    Etymology
    
From Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *nē (“not”), from Proto-Indo-European *ne, *nē, *nēy (negative particle).
Descendants
    
References
    
- “nei”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Pennsylvania German
    
    Etymology
    
From Middle High German niuwe, from Old High German niuwi. Compare German neu, Dutch nieuw, English new.
Tokelauan
    
    Etymology
    
From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *nei. Cognates include Hawaiian nei and Samoan nei.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): [ˈne.i]
- Hyphenation: ne‧i
See also
    
Welsh
    
    
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /nei̯/
- Rhymes: -ei̯
West Frisian
    
    Etymology
    
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
