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nicht: not — meaning and examples | JadoLearn

Quality-approved learning entryAdverbLevel A1

nicht

not

IPA/nɪçt/

The main stress follows the natural German adverb form.

Meaning 1neutral · 82%

not

Ich komme heute nicht.

Das ist nicht teuer.

Ich trinke den Kaffee nicht.

Nicht usually stands before what it negates, or near the end for whole clauses.

nicht kommen — not comenicht teuer — not expensive

Ich nicht komme.

Ich komme nicht.

In a main clause, the finite verb stays in second position and nicht comes later.

Nicht usually stands before what it negates, or near the end for whole clauses.

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Base form: nicht
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Sentence position: Ich komme nicht. · Das ist nicht teuer. · Ich trinke den Kaffee nicht.

Use the adverb in the middle field or first position with verb second.