Sunday, 13 November 2022

Do you speak a little German when you say 'nix'?

'Nix' is a word borrowed from German 'nix'. The word entered the English language some time around 1789.


nix [noun] [1789]
Nothing
See 'nix' on the Loan Words Map

See more loan words from German.

Etymology: German 'nichts' nothing
See more loan words from 1700s.


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