nie und nimmer
[niː ʊnt ˈnɪmɐ]
The verdict
“nie und nimmer” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zu keinem Zeitpunkt, auf keinen Fall
Corpus desk
Index DE-nie-und-nimmer · nie und nimmer · German
nie und nimmer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nie und nimmer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [niː ʊnt ˈnɪmɐ] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „nie und nimmer“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
nie und nimmer is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [niː ʊnt ˈnɪmɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zu keinem Zeitpunkt, auf keinen Fall".
nie und nimmer doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is nie und nimmer, spelled N-I-E- -U-N-D- -N-I-M-M-E-R.
Definition
- 1zu keinem Zeitpunkt, auf keinen Fall
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how nie und nimmer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das war nie und nimmer ein UFO!
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.