Feminine

Niete

Meaning

  1. (feminine) blank, dud (lottery ticket that does not give a payout)
  2. (feminine) loser; good-for-nothing

Concepts

rivet
blank
dud
duffer
failure
numbskull
numskull
stud
wash-out
boob
flop
klutz
miss
Synonyms

Niet
Taugenichts
21k
Null
B2
0️⃣
Nichtsnutz
C2
Tölpel
C2

Loser

Nichtskönner
Nulpe
Verlierer
B2
Lusche
43k
Versager
B2
Nagel
C1

Tollpatsch

Krücke
29k
🩼
Einfaltspinsel
27k

Kretin

Knallkopf
40k
Dussel
29k
Dackel
31k
Pfeife
C1
Opfer
A2
Idiot
A2
Plage
C2
Schwachkopf
C1
Spaten
28k
Stift
B2
Stoffel
Stollen
26k

Pappnase

Nietnagel

Horst
C2
Dummkopf
B2
nieten
21k
Wurst
C1

Windei

Hornochse
33k
Würstchen
C1
Graupe
Trottel
B1
Niemand
A1
Flasche
B1
Spasti
29k

Truller

vernieten

Vollidiot
C1
Spike
C1
Holzkopf
26k
Armleuchter
24k
dumme Gans
Depp
C1
Translations

remache
perçin
nullard
billet
échec
rebite
klinknagel
ribattino
pataud
nullité
clou
perdant
chiodo
frana
godiche
Frequency

C2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

niete

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈniːtə/
Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch
Dutch
niet
Inherited from Middle High German
niet
In summary

From early modern Dutch niet (“nothing”). Compare contemporary niets.

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