nichts
German, pronoun
nichts is spelled N-I-C-H-T-S (6 letters) and appears 759 times per million words in written German, the 129th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nichts is a German neuter pronoun meaning “nothing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Nichts is a different word: “nothingness, void”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Abwesenheit von allem”.
What does nichts mean in English?
pronoun
- 1
neuternothing
Ich weiß, dass ich nichts weiß.
noun
- 1
neuternothingness, void
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ort, an dem nichts existiert, Raum, der leer ist 2. Gegenteil von Sein 3. jemand ohne Rang und Ansehen
pronoun: 1. Abwesenheit von allem
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 nichts
- nix alternative
- nischt alternative
- Nichtse nominative plural
- Nichtsen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to nichts
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nichts in German?
nichts appears 759 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).