niet.
not, no, don't: used to express negation.
Meaning & usage
not, no, don't: used to express negation.
Niet storen!
Dat is niet waar.
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch niwet, niet, from Old Dutch *niowiht, niewiht, from Proto-West Germanic *naiwwiht, essentially nio (“never”) + wiht (“thing, creature”). The former in turn derives from Proto-Germanic *ne (“not”) + *aiw- (“ever”) + *wihtą (“thing”). It was originally a pronoun meaning "not a thing", and was later used to reinforce a regular negation. The pronomial meaning was lost in Middle Dutch. English not, and its older forms naught and nought, were formed in the same way, but "not" also lost its sense as a pronoun and became a negation adverb as in Dutch.
staple (wire fastener)
Where this word comes from
Probably borrowed from German Niet (“rivet”). Less likely to be directly derived from Middle Dutch nieden.
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