nier

See also: Nier and nièr

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch nier.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nir/, [niːr]
  • Audio(file)

Noun

nier (plural niere)

  1. kidney

Danish

Noun

nier c (singular definite nieren, plural indefinite niere)

  1. nine (the card rank between eight and ten)

Inflection
Declension of nier
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative nier nieren niere nierene
genitive niers nierens nieres nierenes

See also
Playing cards in Danish · kort, spillekort (layout · text)
es toer treer firer femmer sekser syver
otter nier tier knægt, bonde dame, dronning konge joker

References

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch niere, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *neurô, from Proto-Indo-European *negʷʰrós.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nir/, [niːr]
  • audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: nier
  • Rhymes: -ir

Noun

nier f (plural nieren, diminutive niertje n)

  1. A kidney.
  2. (especially in the diminutive) An animal kidney eaten as a food.
    Ze aten een pastei met niertjes.
    They ate a pasty with kidneys.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Afrikaans: nier
  • Negerhollands: nier
  • → Papiamentu: nir, nier

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French noiier (stressed stem ni-), from Latin negāre. Reformed to avoid confusion with noyer.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nje/, /ni.e/
  • audio(file)

Verb

nier

  1. to deny

Conjugation
Conjugation of nier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple nier
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple niant
/njɑ̃/ or /ni.ɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle nié
/nje/ or /ni.e/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present nie
/ni/		 nies
/ni/		 nie
/ni/		 nions
/njɔ̃/ or /ni.ɔ̃/		 niez
/nje/ or /ni.e/		 nient
/ni/
imperfect niais
/njɛ/ or /ni.ɛ/		 niais
/njɛ/ or /ni.ɛ/		 niait
/njɛ/ or /ni.ɛ/		 niions
/ni.jɔ̃/		 niiez
/ni.je/		 niaient
/njɛ/ or /ni.ɛ/
past historic2 niai
/nje/ or /ni.e/		 nias
/nja/ or /ni.a/		 nia
/nja/ or /ni.a/		 niâmes
/njam/ or /ni.am/		 niâtes
/njat/ or /ni.at/		 nièrent
/njɛʁ/ or /ni.ɛʁ/
future nierai
/ni.ʁe/ or /ni.ə.ʁe/		 nieras
/ni.ʁa/ or /ni.ə.ʁa/		 niera
/ni.ʁa/ or /ni.ə.ʁa/		 nierons
/ni.ʁɔ̃/ or /ni.ə.ʁɔ̃/		 nierez
/ni.ʁe/ or /ni.ə.ʁe/		 nieront
/ni.ʁɔ̃/ or /ni.ə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional nierais
/ni.ʁɛ/ or /ni.ə.ʁɛ/		 nierais
/ni.ʁɛ/ or /ni.ə.ʁɛ/		 nierait
/ni.ʁɛ/ or /ni.ə.ʁɛ/		 nierions
/ni.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ni.ə.ʁjɔ̃/		 nieriez
/ni.ʁje/ or /ni.ə.ʁje/		 nieraient
/ni.ʁɛ/ or /ni.ə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present nie
/ni/		 nies
/ni/		 nie
/ni/		 niions
/ni.jɔ̃/		 niiez
/ni.je/		 nient
/ni/
imperfect2 niasse
/njas/ or /ni.as/		 niasses
/njas/ or /ni.as/		 niât
/nja/ or /ni.a/		 niassions
/nja.sjɔ̃/ or /ni.a.sjɔ̃/		 niassiez
/nja.sje/ or /ni.a.sje/		 niassent
/njas/ or /ni.as/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — nie
/ni/		 — nions
/njɔ̃/ or /ni.ɔ̃/		 niez
/nje/ or /ni.e/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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