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niet

niet is the alternative spelling of nyet.

Meaning of nyet

Interjection

  1. No (in a Russian context).
    • "Nyet," he said with an impatient wave, and walked into the cold night.1990 December 31, F. Coleman, “A Soviet Bombshell”, in Newsweek, volume 116, number 27, page 50

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What is niet the alternative spelling of?
Niet is the alternative spelling of nyet.

Words near niet in the dictionary

  1. Nieses
  2. Niesewand
  3. Niesewands
  4. nieshout
  5. NIESR
  6. niet
  7. Nieto
  8. Nietos
  9. Nietta
  10. Nietzsche
  11. Nietzschean

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