nicht

German, adverb/nɪçt/

nicht is spelled N-I-C-H-T (5 letters) and appears 10,233 times per million words in written German, the 8th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nicht is a German adverb meaning “not, non- (negates the meaning of a verb, adjective, or adverb)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does nicht mean in English?

adverb

1
not, non- (negates the meaning of a verb, adjective, or adverb)
Bitte nicht stören!

interjection

1
datedright?; is it?; is it not?
Du bist sicher die Claudia, nicht?

prefix

as nicht-

1
non-, un-

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

How German dictionaries define it

particle: 1. Partikel, die die Verneinung, die Negierung beziehungsweise die Negation ausdrückt 2. Negation, Negator 3. den Sinn nicht verändernde Partikel in Sätzen oder Satzteilen (Nebensätzen), die schon anders als durch das Wort „nicht“ funktional negiert sind

prefix: 1. in Zusammensetzungen mit Substantiven und Adjektiven, um das Gegenteil des Grundwortes auszudrücken

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 nicht

nich alternative
nich' alternative
net alternative Austria Southern-Germany
nit alternative Austria Southern-Germany
[1] n., in medizinischen handschriftlichen Dokumentationen ø abbreviation
[2] ¬ abbreviation

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

How do you pronounce nicht?

/nɪçt/
[nɪxt]
[nɪçt]

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

English words that translate to nicht

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

How common is nicht in German?

nicht appears 10,233 times per million words in written German.

nicht0.0010.010.11101001,00010,000

rarerper million words of written Germanmore common

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).