Meaning

  1. new
  2. modern, recent, latest

Frequency

A2
Dialects

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

neu

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

frisch

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

nei

Fribourg

Fribourg

nüü

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/nɔʏ̯/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German niuwe, from Old High German niuwi, from Proto-West Germanic *niwi, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos. Compare Dutch nieuw, English new, Danish ny, Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌾𐌹𐍃 (niujis).

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