niet

Etymology 1
From, , from , , from +. The former in turn derives from +  +.

It was originally a pronoun meaning "not a thing", and was later used to reinforce a regular negation. The pronomial meaning was lost in Middle Dutch. English, and its older forms and , were formed in the same way, but "not" also lost its sense as a pronoun and became a negation adverb as in Dutch.

Adverb

 * 1) Not, no:

Noun

 * 1) staple

Usage notes
The word is commonly used in the diminutive form

Etymology
From, , from +. The former in turn derives from +  +.

Adverb

 * 1) not

Pronoun

 * 1) nothing

Etymology
From, , from , accusative of , from.

Noun

 * 1)  night