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nichts — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • aught pron Anything at all (an old-fashioned or literary word).
  • naught pron Nothing; zero.
  • none pronoun Not any; not one of a group.
  • nothing pron Not anything; no thing at all.
  • nothingness noun The state of not existing; complete emptiness or void.
  • zero num The number 0; the quantity representing none at all.

Senses

nichts is used for these senses in English:

  • aught The digit zero.
  • naught (archaic) Nothingness.
  • naught Nothing.
  • none Not at all, not very. [from 13th c.]
  • nothing Not any thing; no thing.
  • nothingness (philosophy) The state of nonexistence; the condition of being nothing.
  • nothingness A void; an emptiness.
  • zero (slang) A person of little or no importance.

aught — full definition

  1. pron Anything at all (an old-fashioned or literary word).
  2. noun Zero; the digit 0 (an old-fashioned way of naming it, as in "nineteen aught six").

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