nier

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See also: Nier and nièr

Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch nier.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /nir/, [niːr]
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Noun

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nier (plural niere)

  1. kidney

Danish

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Noun

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nier c (singular definite nieren, plural indefinite niere)

  1. nine (the card rank between eight and ten)

Inflection

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See also

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Playing cards in Danish · kort, spillekort (layout · text)
es toer treer firer femmer sekser syver
otter nier tier knægt, bonde dame, dronning konge joker

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch niere, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *neurô, from Proto-Indo-European *negʷʰrós.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /nir/, [niːr]
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  • Hyphenation: nier
  • Rhymes: -ir

Noun

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nier f (plural nieren, diminutive niertje n)

  1. a kidney
  2. (especially in the diminutive) an animal kidney eaten as a food
    Ze aten een pastei met niertjes.
    They ate a pasty with kidneys.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: nier
  • Negerhollands: nier
  • Papiamentu: nir, nier

Anagrams

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French noiier (stressed stem ni-), from Latin negāre. Reformed to avoid confusion with noyer.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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nier

  1. to deny

Conjugation

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Further reading

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Anagrams

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