nooit

/ nɔɪt /

interjection

1. an exclamation expressive of surprise, admiration, disgust, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of nooit¹

from Afrikaans, literally: never

Example Sentences

Hoe belangrijk het ook is: raap nooit iets van het spoor.

From BBC

Maar”,—and here I sank my voice to a confidential whisper, to make the irrelevancy sound as like wit as possible,—“maar, U weet nooit hoe een koe een haas vangt!”

From Project Gutenberg

Then there were some plain and unornamental phrases such as “Men weet nooit hoe een koe eenen haas vangt”.—This was labelled ‘proverbial expression’, and was translated, happily enough, by “The unexpected often occurs.”

From Project Gutenberg

This Juliana did with becoming Dutch delicacy in these words: "Nooit had iets mij kunnen weerhouden alle deelen van het programma mee te maken, waren het niet�op zichzelf verheugende�gezond-heidsredenen geweest, die u zeker wilt verstaan en billijken."

From Time Magazine Archive

Later on, at Nooit Gedacht, where we had cover as well as the enemy, it was proved that as soon as the officers lose control over the men they remain lying behind the rocks without firing a shot, as they are too frightened to expose themselves.

From Project Gutenberg