# nicht

**Part of speech:** PART  
**Frequency rank:** #6 most common German word  
**Language:** German

The main negation word, "not". It negates verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and whole sentences. The key skill is placement — nicht usually comes late in the clause — and knowing when to use nicht versus kein (which negates nouns).

## Meanings

- **not** — Negates a verb, adjective, adverb, or the whole statement.

## Forms

nicht

## Nearby words by frequency

- [der](https://mostspoken.com/words/de/der)
- [sein](https://mostspoken.com/words/de/sein)
- [ich](https://mostspoken.com/words/de/ich)
- [sie](https://mostspoken.com/words/de/sie)
- [ein](https://mostspoken.com/words/de/ein)
- [haben](https://mostspoken.com/words/de/haben)
- [du](https://mostspoken.com/words/de/du)
- [und](https://mostspoken.com/words/de/und)
- [es](https://mostspoken.com/words/de/es)
- [zu](https://mostspoken.com/words/de/zu)
- [in](https://mostspoken.com/words/de/in)

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Source: [https://mostspoken.com/words/de/nicht](https://mostspoken.com/words/de/nicht) — MostSpoken German frequency dictionary.