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Illustration of the A1 German word “nein”, which translates to “no”. A playful, floating wooden signpost that gently tilts itself horizontally, with soft, white puff-clouds forming a polite 'no' in the sky.
A playful, floating wooden signpost that gently tilts itself horizontally, with soft, white puff-clouds forming a polite 'no' in the sky.

nein

A1 · adverb

no

/naɪ̯n/

nein in a sentence

Examples

Nein, das ist leider nicht die richtige Antwort.

No, that is unfortunately not the correct answer.

Möchten Sie etwas trinken? Nein, danke.

Would you like something to drink? No, thank you.

How to remember it

NINE sounds like 'nine'. A stern teacher says "absolutely *no* running!" to the *nine* noisy kids.

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