Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɪstə/Category:German 2-syllable words#NISTECategory:German terms with IPA pronunciation#NISTE

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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  Category:German terms with audio pronunciation#NISTE

Verb

nisteCategory:German non-lemma forms#NISTECategory:German verb forms#NISTECategory:German entries with incorrect language header#NISTECategory:Pages with entries#NISTECategory:Pages with 6 entries#NISTE

1. inflection of nisten:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Contraction

nisteCategory:Middle English non-lemma forms#NISTECategory:Middle English contractions#NISTECategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#NISTECategory:Pages with entries#NISTECategory:Pages with 6 entries#NISTE

1. ne wiste; did not know
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Wyfe of Bathes Prologue”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:

     So dronk he was he niste what he wrought.

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References

• “niste”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Etymology

Inherited from Old NorseCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse#NISTECategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse#NISTE nista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²nɪstə/Category:Norwegian terms with IPA pronunciation#NISTE

Noun

niste f (definite singular nista, indefinite plural nister, definite plural nistene)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#NISTECategory:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns#NISTECategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#NISTECategory:Norwegian Nynorsk feminine nouns#NISTECategory:Pages with entries#NISTECategory:Pages with 6 entries#NISTE

1. food that is brought along to eat at school, at work, on a trip, etc., a packed lunch

   Me tok med brødskiver med ost og eit par appelsiner til niste.

   We brought with us cheese sandwiches and a couple of oranges for niste.

   Category:Norwegian Nynorsk terms with usage examples#NISTE

References

• “niste” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnis.te/Category:Old English terms with IPA pronunciation#NISTE

Verb

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1. inflection of nitan:
   1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative
   2. singular preterite subjunctive

Alternative forms

• (Standard Montenegrin) nijèste
• (regional, chiefly Serbia) néste
• (historical, regional) nijéste

Etymology

From Proto-SlavicCategory:Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Proto-Slavic#NISTE *ne + *este, second-person plural present tense form of *byti. This formation later created *ne jesmъ in the South Slavic vernaculars, which merged to become něste (attested in the 14th century). Because of the yat reflex, něste became rendered as niste in Ikavian speeches.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nǐːste/Category:Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation#NISTE
• Hyphenation: ni‧ste

Verb

níste (Cyrillic spelling ни́сте)Category:Serbo-Croatian non-lemma forms#NISTECategory:Serbo-Croatian verb forms#NISTECategory:Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header#NISTECategory:Pages with entries#NISTECategory:Pages with 6 entries#NISTE

1. (BosniaCategory:Bosnian Serbo-Croatian#NISTE, CroatiaCategory:Croatian Serbo-Croatian#NISTE, SerbiaCategory:Serbian Serbo-Croatian#NISTE) negative second-person plural present of biti

References

• “niste”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
• Pero Budmani, editor (1892–1897), “jesam”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika‎ (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 4, Zagreb: JAZU, page 606

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nìːstɛ/Category:Slovene 2-syllable words#NISTECategory:Slovene terms with IPA pronunciation#NISTE

Verb

nísteCategory:Slovene non-lemma forms#NISTECategory:Slovene verb forms#NISTECategory:Slovene entries with incorrect language header#NISTECategory:Pages with entries#NISTECategory:Pages with 6 entries#NISTE

1. negative second-person plural present of bíti