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Practice: Negation

Niet en Geen

Dutch has two negation words: niet (not) and geen (no / not any). The rule is simple: use geen to negate indefinite nouns. Use niet for everything else.
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Key rules for Negation

geen โ€” negating indefinite nouns

Use geen when negating a noun that has no article or would normally take een. Geen replaces een and also covers bare nouns (no article at all).

niet โ€” negating verbs, adjectives and definite nouns

Use niet to negate verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositional phrases, and definite nouns (de/het + noun).

Position of niet

Niet goes at the end of the clause when negating the verb. It goes before adjectives, infinitives, and prepositional phrases.

Examples

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