Nichte

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

niesse

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈnɪçtə/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German: nichte

Cognate with Old High German: nift

Cognate with Dutch: nicht

Cognate with English: nift

In summary

Borrowed from Middle Low German nichte, from Old Saxon *nifta, from Proto-Germanic *niftiz.
This form replaced High German (obsolete) Niftel in the 17th century. It is based on the Low German shift -ft-→ -cht- (compare Gerücht); hence cognate with Old High German nift, nifta, Dutch nicht, English nift. Related to German Neffe (“nephew”). More at nift, neve.

Concepts

niece

brother-in-law

your niece

Synonyms

Neffe

Schwestertochter

Brudertochter