You know nix.
Ich weiΓ nix.
We are not the same.
You know nix.
Ich weiΓ nix.
We are not the same.
Can someone explain this to me?
"nix" is a German colloquial term meaning "nothing"
Also, regarding the title:
"Dank" is the German singular form of "thanks".
Gtranslate gives me:
Gar: even
Sogar: even
Gleich: even
How even?!
Nix is a colloquial form of Nichts.
Nix = Nichts = Nothing
Gar nix = Gar nichts = Nothing at all
I remember as much from Schuldeutsch.
Now explain "even", dein Hurensohn.
"Sogar" is used for emphasis, as in "Even you should know this".
"Gar" is a bit special. "Gar nichts/keine" means "nothing/none at all".
"Gleich" is more commonly translated as "equal".
You're missing "Gerade", which is also "even", but only regarding integers.
Know you how man makes a grammatically correct question on English?
yes, why so ask you?
EDIT: yes, how-so ask you?
Ooooh, "nichts." Mispelling confused me.
"Nix" is in the dictionary. It's a colloquial version of "nichts", not a misspelling...
Da kamma nix mamh.
Interesting. In my (admittedly old, paper) Germam dictionary, "Nix" is defined as male water spirit - a merman.
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. π
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