No. 1,878 in Dutch
niks
Nothing.
In a sentence
Ik heb niks om te doen vandaag.
I have nothing to do today.
Here 'niks' is used as an indefinite pronoun meaning 'nothing', indicating the absence of things to do.
Hij zegt dat het hem niks kan schelen.
He says that he does not care about it.
In this case, 'niks' acts as an adverbial pronoun to emphasize lack of concern or importance.
Ze geven er niks om wat wij denken.
They do not care about what we think.
Here, 'niks' is a colloquial synonym for 'geen aandacht'/'no attention', denoting lack of consideration.
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