nothing

Betekenis (Engels)

Pron

1. Not any thing; no thing.
2. An absence of anything, including empty space, brightness, darkness, matter, or a vacuum.

Noun

1. Something trifling, or of no consequence or importance.
2. A trivial remark especially in the term sweet nothings.
3. A nobody (insignificant person).

Adv

Not at all; in no way.

Adj

Completely unimportant.

Intj

Never mind; it's not important; forget what I said.

Concepten

niets

niks

niemendal

nihil

nul

0

niemand

Synoniemen

none

zero

nil

anything

naught

not

🚫

no

🙅

nought

nobody

no one

zilch

empty

in no way

𐑌𐐲𐑃𐐮𐑍

emptiness

nonentity

void

non-existence

free

🆓

zip

nada

not at all

nothing at all

cipher

cypher

blankness

either way

zippo

all gone

not any

anyhow

goose egg

in vain

worthless object

nothingness

nix

for nothing

in any way

never mind

aught

vacancy

anyone

uselessly

not a bit

for free

vacuousness

want

what

what for

whatsoever

wind

worthless

mere trifle

abolish

not one

without purpose

nihility

nothing to be done

no reason

nonbeing

none at all

non-entity

there is nothing

sod-all

nothing left

absence

any

anybody

bagatelle

broke

cancel out

easy

figs

finish

good for nothing

hollow

hollowness

indefinite pronoun

lack

like

mare’s nest

mess

never

no matter

no more

nonexistence

noone

no problem

not any thing

nullify

nullity

particularly

pick

⛏️

quite

safe

safeness

security

self

short of

sod all

some

something

spoiled

spoilt

there is no

trifle

trinket

unreality

vacuity

Met koppelteken als

noth‧ing

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈnʌθɪŋ/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: nothyng

Overgenomen van Oudengels: nāþing

Verwant aan Oudengels: nāwiht

Verwant aan Zweeds: ingenting

In summary

From Middle English nothyng, noon thing, non thing, na þing, nan thing, nan þing, from Old English nāþing, nān þing (“nothing”, literally “not any thing”), equivalent to no + thing. Compare Old English nāwiht (“nothing”, literally “no thing”), Swedish ingenting (“nothing”, literally “not any thing, no thing”).

Zinnen

I myself heard nothing of that .

Ik heb daar zelf niets van gehoord.

That guy over there likes to drink a lot , talk a lot , but do nothing .

Die kerel daar drinkt graag veel, praat veel, maar doe niets.

Charles looked on , angry that there was nothing he could do .

Charles keek toe, boos dat hij niets kon doen.

" You have helped me ." The man continued to prepare his tea , saying nothing .

"Je hebt me geholpen." De man bleef zijn thee bereiden en zei niets.

Don't forget that everything you deal with is only one thing and nothing else .

Vergeet niet dat alles waar je mee omgaat maar één ding is en niets anders.

About eleven , I walked back to my home in Maybury because nothing seemed to be happening .

Ongeveer elf liep ik terug naar mijn huis in Maybury omdat er niets leek te gebeuren.