# nei vs now

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### now
*adverb · IPA [naʊ] · frequency rank #6,570*
in diesem Moment; jetzt; gerade

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/nei-vs-now