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nichts: nothing — meaning and examples | JadoLearn

Quality-approved learning entryPronounLevel A1

nichts

nothing

not anything

IPA/nɪçts/

The final consonant cluster is pronounced clearly.

Meaning 1neutral · 89%

not anything

Ich sehe nichts.

Danke, ich möchte nichts.

Ich verstehe nichts.

German normally does not add nicht to nichts in the same simple clause.

nichts verstehen — to understand nothing

Ich sehe nicht nichts.

Ich sehe nichts.

Use nichts alone for the negative pronoun.

Nichts already means nothing. Say Ich habe nichts, not ich habe nicht nichts.

Choose one answer.

Which sentence means nothing?

Use nichts to negate a thing, not a noun with an article.