nix
German, pronoun
nix is spelled N-I-X (3 letters) and appears 79 times per million words in written German, the 1,082nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nix is a German pronoun meaning “alternative form of nichts (“nothing”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Nix is a different word: “nix (water demon in human form that lures people into the water and…”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “nichts”.
What does nix mean in English?
pronoun
- 1
colloquialalternative form of nichts (“nothing”)
Ich hab nix gesehen.
interjection
- 1
no way!
Nix! Jetzt ist Schluss hier!
noun
- 1
masculinenix (water demon in human form that lures people into the water and drowns them)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
pronoun: 1. nichts
noun: 1. ein Wassergeist 2. Mond Plutos
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 nix
- Nixes genitive
- Nixe plural
- Nixen dative definite plural
- nichs alternative
- nicks alternative
- niks alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to nix
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nix in German?
nix appears 79 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).