niemand
German, pronoun
niemand is spelled N-I-E-M-A-N-D (7 letters) and appears 174 times per million words in written German, the 492nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Niemand is a German pronoun meaning “nobody, no one” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Niemand is a different word: “nobody (unimportant person)”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “keiner, kein Mensch”.
What does niemand mean in English?
pronoun
- 1
nobody, no one
Es ist gar niemand da.
noun
- 1
masculinenobody (unimportant person)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
pronoun: 1. keiner, kein Mensch
noun: 1. Person ohne viel Bedeutung; bedeutungslose Person; jemand, dem nicht viel Bedeutung geschenkt wird
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 niemand
- niemandes genitive
- niemands dated genitive
- niemandem dative
- niemanden accusative
- Niemand alternative nonstandard
- Niemands genitive
- Niemande plural
- niem. abbreviation
- Niemandes genitive singular
- Niemanden dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to niemand
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is niemand in German?
niemand appears 174 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).