# nei vs nic

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### nei
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #38,309*
verneinen, negieren, abstreiten

### nic
*pronoun · IPA [ɲit͡s] · frequency rank #33,733*
nichts

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/nei-vs-nic