ned

Etymology

Unknown. The suggested initialism from "non-educated delinquent" is a backronym and folk etymology. Several other suggestions include a contraction of ne'er-do-well, neanderthal, or some kind of relationship with Teddy Boy although its use much predates the 1950s origin of that phrase. Ostensibly unrelated to "Ned" as a diminutive of the personal name "Edward" but the Scottish use of 'ned' for hooligan or lout is cited by the Oxford English Dictionary as dating from the early 19th century. The OED also attributes a possible derivation from the 'Edward' diminutive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɛd/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Audio (UK):

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• Rhymes: -ɛd

Noun

ned (plural neds)

1. (Scotland, slang, derogatory, offensive) A person, usually a youth, of low social standing and education, a violent disposition and with a particular style of dress (typically sportswear or Burberry), speech and behaviour.
   • 2007 (Scotland), RecordView in Daily Record, 14 Feb 07, Scottish Daily Record and Sunday Mail, p. 8:

     The mindless behaviour of drunken neds and nuisance neighbours brings misery to tens of thousands of honest folk.

   • 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 28:

     You could live in a place for twenty years, you could clean up its streets and lock up its neds.

Anagrams

• -end, DEN, DNE, Den, Den., End, NDE, den, edn., end, end-

Alternative forms

• net (spelling variant)
• nit (Southern Bavarian)
• niat

Etymology

From Middle High German niwiht, niweht, niht, a contracted form of Old High German niowiht, from nio (“never”) + wiht (“being, creature”), the last from Proto-Germanic *wihtą. Cognates include German nicht, Dutch niet, Yiddish ניט (nit) and נישט (nisht), English not.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neːd̥/ (West Central Bavarian)
• IPA^(key): /ne̞d̥/, /nɛd̥/ (East Central Bavarian, Vienna, Southern Bavarian)

Adverb

ned

1. not

   Des is ned mei Hund. ― This is not my dog.

Interjection

ned?

1. (tag question) right?; is it?; isn't it?

   Synonyms: gö, gön S', gej, gäi, ned woa

   Des is dei Hund, ned? ― That's your dog, right?

Etymology

From Old Danish nithær, from Old Norse niðr, from Proto-Germanic *niþer, from Proto-Indo-European *niter. Cognates include Faroese and Icelandic niður, English nether, Dutch neder, German nieder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɛð/, [neð̠˕ˠ]

Adverb

ned

1. down, downwards
2. down, off (used with verbs to denote turning or shutting something off or down)

References

• “ned” in Den Danske Ordbog

Adverb

ned

1. Alternative spelling of net

Etymology

From né, by analogy with e/ed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈne.d‿/

Conjunction

ned

1. (poetic, rare) Alternative form of né used before a vowel
   • c. 1260s, Brunetto Latini, Il tesoretto [The Treasure], collected in Raccolta di rime antiche toscane: Volume primo, Palermo: Giuseppe Assenzio, published 1817, page 9, lines 1–5:

     Al valente Signore,
     Di cui non so migliore
     Sù la terra trovare;
     Che non avete pare
     Nè ’n pace, ned in guerra

     To the valiant Lord, better of whom I can not find anyone on earth, for you have no peer, neither in peace nor in war

Further reading

• ned in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology

Cognate with Upper Sorbian hnyd and Czech hned.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɛt/

Adverb

ned

1. immediately, straightaway

Alternative forms

• ner (no longer listed; obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Norse niðr, from Proto-Germanic *niþer.

Adverb

ned

1. down (from a higher to a lower level)

References

• “ned” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Anagrams

• den, end

Etymology

From Old Norse niðr, from Proto-Germanic *niþer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neː/, /neːd/
• Rhymes: -eː, -eːd
• Homophone: ne

Adverb

ned

1. down (from a higher to a lower level)

References

• “ned” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neːd/

Noun

nēd f

1. Alternative form of nīed

Noun

ned (plural neds)

1. (slang, derogatory) ned

Alternative forms

• ner (somewhat informal)
• neder (archaic except in some compounds)

Etymology

From Old Norse niðr, from Proto-Germanic *niþer, from Proto-Indo-European *niter. Cognates include English nether, Faroese and Icelandic niður, German nieder and Dutch neder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neːd/

• Audio:

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Adverb

ned (not comparable)

1. (somewhat formal) down

   Antonym: upp

References

• ned in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• ned in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• ned in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• den

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈned/, [ˈned̥]
• Rhymes: -ed̥
• Hyphenation: ned

Pronoun

ned

1. Alternative form of need