Old High German

Noun

niz f

1. nit

Descendants

• German: Nisse

Romansch

Etymology

From Latin usus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nits]

Noun

niz m

1. use

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *nizъ, from Proto-Indo-European *nei-ǵʰ-? (Derksen) or *ni- ‎(“down”).

Pronunciation

• (noun) IPA^(key): /nîːz/
• (preposition) IPA^(key): /nîz/

Preposition

nȉz ‎(Cyrillic spelling ни̏з)

1. (with accusative) down, along

   niz obalu — down/along the shore

   niz ulicu — down the street

   sići/silaziti niz stepenice — to go downstairs

   ići niz vodu — to go downstream

Noun

nȋz m ‎(Cyrillic spelling ни̑з)

1. array, sequence, series
2. row
3. string
4. (with genitive) large number of, host of, a number of
5. (mathematics) series, progression

Declension