kein
German, pronoun/kaɪ̯n/
kein is a German pronoun meaning “no; not a(n); not one; not any” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “null, nichts, Null”.
What does kein mean in English?
pronoun
- 1
no; not a(n); not one; not any
Das ist kein Bett.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
pronoun: 1. null, nichts, Null 2. Verneinung eines Substantivs mit unbestimmtem Artikel oder ohne Artikel 3. nichts an
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of kein
- keine feminine nominative singular
- keines genitive masculine singular
- keiner feminine genitive singular
- keinem dative masculine singular
- keinen dative plural
- ø symbol
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kein?
- /kaɪ̯n/
- /kɔɪ̯/
- [kaɪ̯n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kein
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kein in German?
kein appears 813 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).