Niete
German, noun
Niete is spelled N-I-E-T-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 52,749th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Niete is a German feminine noun meaning “blank, dud (lottery ticket that does not give a payout)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, niete is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Los ohne Gewinn”.
What does Niete mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineblank, dud (lottery ticket that does not give a payout)
- 2
feminineloser; good-for-nothing
Du bist eine echte Niete.
noun
- 1
femininerivet
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
singular imperative
- 3
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Los ohne Gewinn 2. unfähiger Mensch, Versager 3. Verbindungsbolzen aus Metall
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 Niete
- Nieten plural
- Niet alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Niete
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Niete in German?
Niete appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).