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nee

German, interjection/neː/

nee is spelled N-E-E (3 letters) and appears 22 times per million words in written German, the 3,577th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nee is a German interjection meaning “alternative form of nein (“no”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does nee mean in English?

interjection

  1. 1

    colloquialalternative form of nein (“no”)

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

particle: 1. nein

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 nee

  • ne alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce nee?

  • /neː/
  • [neː]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to nee

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is nee in German?

nee appears 22 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).

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