niets

Definitions of niets
  1. noun
    empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
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    type of:
    babbeltje, conversatie, gesprek, kout, praatje, samenspraak
    an exchange of ideas via conversation
  2. noun
    a quantity of no importance
    synonyms: ganzeëi, nix, nul, nulteken
  3. noun
    a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
    synonyms: nul, nulteken
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    type of:
    cijfer, figuur
    one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration
  4. noun
    an empty area or space
    synonyms: leegstand, vide
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    type of:
    ruimte
    an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things)
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