nicht wahrphr.

Brit.

/nɪxt ˈvɑː/,

/nɪkt ˈvɑː/, U.S.

/nɪkt ˈvɑr/

Forms: 1800s– nicht wahr, 1900s nicht war (irregular).

Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German nicht wahr.

Etymology: < German nicht wahr ‘is it not?’, ‘isn't it?’ (mid 18th cent. or earlier) < nicht not (see nought pron.) + wahr true (see warlock n.¹).

In interrogative contexts (esp. amongst German-speakers): ‘Is it not true?’; ‘Isn't that so?’ Cf. n'est-ce pas phr.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > in truth [interjection]

by (formerly also upon) my truthc1330

i'faitha1375

sootha1400

truth1534

good faitha1566

trotha1616

n'est-ce pas1854

nicht wahr1871

the straight1900

verdad1969

1871 Appletons' Jrnl. 8 July 42/2 ‘Nicht wahr, it is beautiful?’ asked the Fraülein, pleased at our admiration.

1877 Scribner's Monthly Dec. 223/1 You were Fraülein Ida Werner, and lived at No.—— strasse in 1866, nicht wahr?

1881 Cent. Mag. Nov. 45/2 My daughter, she has been doing something that is not right, nicht wahr?

1924 M. Kennedy Constant Nymph xii. 167 We shall do very well without one [sc. a maid] for a little, nicht war?

1948 W. Stevens Let. 25 Oct. (1967) 621 One has a sense that the world was never less new than now... Nicht wahr?

1971 J. Henderson Copperhead (1972) xiii. 162 He was going over to the other side. Such is truly a form of suicide, nicht wahr?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nicht wahr
释义	nicht wahrphr. Brit. /nɪxt ˈvɑː/, /nɪkt ˈvɑː/, U.S. /nɪkt ˈvɑr/ Forms: 1800s– nicht wahr, 1900s nicht war (irregular). Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German nicht wahr. Etymology: < German nicht wahr ‘is it not?’, ‘isn't it?’ (mid 18th cent. or earlier) < nicht not (see nought pron.) + wahr true (see warlock n.¹). In interrogative contexts (esp. amongst German-speakers): ‘Is it not true?’; ‘Isn't that so?’ Cf. n'est-ce pas phr. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > in truth [interjection] by (formerly also upon) my truthc1330 i'faitha1375 sootha1400 truth1534 good faitha1566 trotha1616 n'est-ce pas1854 nicht wahr1871 the straight1900 verdad1969 1871 Appletons' Jrnl. 8 July 42/2 ‘Nicht wahr, it is beautiful?’ asked the Fraülein, pleased at our admiration. 1877 Scribner's Monthly Dec. 223/1 You were Fraülein Ida Werner, and lived at No.—— strasse in 1866, nicht wahr? 1881 Cent. Mag. Nov. 45/2 My daughter, she has been doing something that is not right, nicht wahr? 1924 M. Kennedy Constant Nymph xii. 167 We shall do very well without one [sc. a maid] for a little, nicht war? 1948 W. Stevens Let. 25 Oct. (1967) 621 One has a sense that the world was never less new than now... Nicht wahr? 1971 J. Henderson Copperhead (1972) xiii. 162 He was going over to the other side. Such is truly a form of suicide, nicht wahr? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < phr.1871
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