niewe

Middle Dutch

Alternative forms

• neuwe, newe, niwe, nuwe, niew

Etymology

From Old Dutch niuwi.

Adjective

niewe

1. new

Inflection

Adjective
		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Plural
Nominative	Indefinite	niewe	niewe	niewe	niewe
	Definite	niewe		niewe
Accusative	Indefinite	niewen	niewe	niewe	niewe
	Definite			niewe
Genitive	Indefinite	niewes	niewer	niewes	niewer
	Definite	niewes, niewen		niewes, niewen
Dative		niewen	niewer	niewen	niewen

Descendants

• Dutch: nieuw, nie (Eastern Netherlands), nij (Eastern Netherlands), nieuwt (dialectal, originally neuter), nouw (Holland, dialectal), nuw (Holland), nuwt (Holland, dialectal, originally neuter)
  • Afrikaans: nuwe, nuut
  • Javindo: nuwe
  • Jersey Dutch: njuew
  • Negerhollands: nieuw, niw
• Limburgish: nuuj

Further reading

• “niew”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “nieuwe (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page nieuwe

Old English

Alternative forms

• nīwe, nēowe, nīowe

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *niwi, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *néwyos, a variant of *néwos (“new”). Cognate with Old Frisian nī, Old Saxon niuwi, Old High German niuwi, Old Norse nýr, and Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌾𐌹𐍃 (niujis). Extra-Germanic cognates include Lithuanian naũjas, Old Irish nuae, and Sanskrit नव्य (návya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈni͜yː.we/

Adjective

nīewe

1. new

   Līciaþ þē mīne nīewan sċōs?

   Do you like my new shoes?

   • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy

     Ūðwitan willaþ simle hwæthwugu nīewes and seldcūðes īewan.

     Philosophers always want to show something new and strange.

Usage notes

• The combining form is nī- when used adverbially, that is with verbs and verbal derivatives: nībacen (“fresh-baked”), nīcenned (“newborn”).

Declension

Declension of nīewe — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	nīewe	nīewu, nīewo	nīewe
Accusative	nīewne	nīewe	nīewe
Genitive	nīewes	nīewre	nīewes
Dative	nīewum	nīewre	nīewum
Instrumental	nīewe	nīewre	nīewe
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	nīewe	nīewa, nīewe	nīewu, nīewo
Accusative	nīewe	nīewa, nīewe	nīewu, nīewo
Genitive	nīewra	nīewra	nīewra
Dative	nīewum	nīewum	nīewum
Instrumental	nīewum	nīewum	nīewum

Declension of nīewe — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	nīewa	nīewe	nīewe
Accusative	nīewan	nīewan	nīewe
Genitive	nīewan	nīewan	nīewan
Dative	nīewan	nīewan	nīewan
Instrumental	nīewan	nīewan	nīewan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	nīewan	nīewan	nīewan
Accusative	nīewan	nīewan	nīewan
Genitive	nīewra, nīewena	nīewra, nīewena	nīewra, nīewena
Dative	nīewum	nīewum	nīewum
Instrumental	nīewum	nīewum	nīewum

Antonyms

• eald

Derived terms

• ælnīewe (“brand new”)
• ednīewe (“renew”)
• nīewan (“recently”)
• nīewlīċe (“recently”)
• nīewnes (“novelty”)

Descendants

• Middle English: newe, new, neue
  • English: new
  • Scots: new