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danke

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[–] 10 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Ooooh, "nichts." Mispelling confused me.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    "Nix" is in the dictionary. It's a colloquial version of "nichts", not a misspelling...

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Interesting. In my (admittedly old, paper) Germam dictionary, "Nix" is defined as male water spirit - a merman.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Hmm, yeah, that is interesting. I'd say every native German knows "nix" (as in nothing). Maybe 10% would be aware what a "Nixe" is (female water spirit).

    Personally, I wasn't even aware that there's a male version. I could've guessed what it means, when used in a sentence, but if you asked me without context, I probably would've been too thick to figure it out. πŸ™ƒ

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