# new

> English word · Adjective · IPA /njuː/ · frequency rank #65

## Definitions
1. Recently made, or created.
2. Recently made, or created.
3. Additional; recently discovered.
4. Current or later, as opposed to former.
5. Used to distinguish something established more recently, named after something or some place previously existing.
6. In original condition; pristine; not previously worn or used.
7. Refreshed, reinvigorated, reformed.
8. Newborn.
9. Strange, unfamiliar or not previously known.
10. Recently arrived or appeared.
11. Inexperienced or unaccustomed at some task.
12. Next; about to begin or recently begun.

## Etymology
From Middle English newe, from Old English nīewe, from Proto-West Germanic *niwi, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *néwyos (“new”), from *néwos. Compare also Old English nū (“now”). More at now. Doublet of nuevo, novuss, and neo-.
Cognates
Cognate with Scots new (“new”), North Frisian nai, nei, nii (“new”), Saterland Frisian näi (“new”), West Frisian nij (“new”), Alemannic German nöi, nüüw (“new”), Bavarian neich (“new”), Cimbrian naüge (“new”), Dutch nieuw, nij (“new”), Dutch Low Saxon nij (“new”), German neu, new, neuw (“new”), Low German nee, neei (“new”), Luxembourgish nei (“new”), Yiddish נײַ (nay, “new”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish ny (“new”), Faroese nýggjur (“new”), Icelandic nýr (“new”), Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌾𐌹𐍃 (niujis, “new”), Latin novus (“new”), Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “new”), Welsh newydd (“new”), Russian но́вый (nóvyj, “new”), Armenian նոր (nor, “new”), Persian نو (now, “new”), Northern Kurdish nû (“new”), Hindi नया (nayā, “new”), Tocharian B ñuwe (“new”).

## Easily confused with
- **NJ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/new-vs-nj)
- **ni** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/new-vs-ni)
- **Ng** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/new-vs-ng)
- **nm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/new-vs-nm)
- **NZ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/new-vs-nz)
- **NT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/new-vs-nt)
- **NP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/new-vs-np)
- **nu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/new-vs-nu)
- **NL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/new-vs-nl)
- **nr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/new-vs-nr)
- **NN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/new-vs-nn)
- **not** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/new-vs-not)
- **now** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/new-vs-now)
- **non** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/new-vs-non)
- **nor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/new-vs-nor)
- **NFL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/new-vs-nfl)
- **nov** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/new-vs-nov)
- **NYC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/new-vs-nyc)
- **nut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/new-vs-nut)
- **NHL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/new-vs-nhl)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/new