nihilisme

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ni.iˈliz.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ni.iˈliz.me]

Noun

nihilisme m (plural nihilismes)

1. nihilism

Further reading

• “nihilisme” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “nihilisme”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “nihilisme” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “nihilisme” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Etymology

From German Nihilismus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nihiˈlismə/

Noun

nihilisme c (singular definite nihilismen, not used in plural form)

1. nihilism

Inflection

Declension of nihilisme

common gender	Singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	nihilisme	nihilismen
genitive	nihilismes	nihilismens

Dutch

Etymology

From German Nihilismus, itself from Latin nihil (“nil, nothing”) + German -ismus '-ism', coined in 1817 by German philosopher Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, but repeatedly 'reinvented'.

Pronunciation

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Noun

nihilisme n (plural nihilismes, diminutive nihilismethe n)

1. nihilism
2. (also capitalized: Nihilisme) Nihilism

Derived terms

Derived terms

• nihilist m
• nihilistisch

French

Etymology

From German Nihilismus, itself from Latin nihil (“nil, nothing”) + German -ismus '-ism', coined in 1817 by German philosopher Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, but repeatedly 'reinvented'.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ni.i.lism/, /ni.i.lizm/

• Audio

  (file)

• Homophone: nihilismes

Noun

nihilisme m (plural nihilismes)

1. nihilism

Derived terms

• nihiliste

Descendants

• → Turkish: nihilizm

Further reading

• “nihilisme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.