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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

keiner

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kaɪ̯nɐ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
None/nʌn/
pronounadjectiveadverbCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #250 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Es waren keine Kekse nach der Party übrig."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As pronoun
  1. 1

    Not any; no one; not a single one.

    "None of the cookies were left after the party."
  2. 2

    Used to indicate that something is not applicable or does not exist.

    "There were none available at the store."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old English 'nān', a compound of 'ne' (not) and 'ān' (one). Historically evolved through Middle English to denote the absence of any person or thing, maintaining a stable semantic function over centuries.

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