NO
German, noun
NO is spelled N-O (2 letters) and appears 79 times per million words in written German, the 1,082nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). NO is a German noun meaning “abbreviation of Nordost (“northeast”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, nö is a different word: “alternative form of nein (“no”)”.
What does NO mean in English?
noun
- 1
abbreviation of Nordost (“northeast”)
interjection
- 1
colloquialalternative form of nein (“no”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. nordöstlich 2. niederösterreichisch
noun: 1. traditionelles japanisches Singspiel, das sehr formstreng ist und historische oder mythologische Stoffe behandelt
abbreviation: 1. Abkürzung für Nordost 2. Abkürzung für die chemische Verbindung Stickstoffmonoxid
particle: 1. nein
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
English words that translate to NO
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is NO in German?
NO 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).