neat

Meaning

nothing

Etymology

Inherited from Old Frisian: nāt

Cognate with English: naught

In summary

Negative form of eat. From Old Frisian nāt, nāut, nāwet. Compare English naught.

Sentences

Dêr komt neat fan yn .

None of that comes in.

Men kriget neat foar neat .

One gets nothing for nothing.

Ik moat neat fan him hawwe .

I must have nothing from him.

Der foel neat mei him te begjinnen.

There was nothing wrong with him to begin with.

Oer oantallen koe juster noch neat meidield wurde .

Yesterday nothing could be announced about numbers.

Dêr help ik neat of nimmen mei foarút, mysels ek net .

I am not helping anyone or anything forward with that, not even myself.