Negation: nicht vs kein – Telc B1

Beginner German
Created by Best · 12.04.2026 at 16:05 UTC

nicht negates verbs, adjectives, adverbs, or whole sentences: Ich verstehe nicht. Das ist nicht schwer. kein (keine, kein, keine) negates nouns (replaces ein/eine): Ich habe keine Zeit. Er hat keinen Hund. Position of nicht: Usually before the element it negates; with verb at end, nicht often comes before the verb or before the last part. Ich habe das Buch nicht gelesen.

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Question 1

To negate a noun (e.g. "I have no time"), we use:

Question 2

To negate the verb (e.g. "I don't understand"), we use:

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