Nihilist

See also: nihilist

German

Etymology

From Latin nihil 'nothing'

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nihiˈlɪst/

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Noun

Nihilist m (weak, genitive Nihilisten, plural Nihilisten)

1. nihilist (person)
   • 1888, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Der Antichrist, § 58:

     Nihilist und Christ: das reimt sich, das reimt sich nicht bloss.

     Nihilist and Christian: they rhyme, and do not merely rhyme…

Declension

Declension of Nihilist [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Nihilist	die	Nihilisten
genitive	eines	des	Nihilisten	der	Nihilisten
dative	einem	dem	Nihilisten	den	Nihilisten
accusative	einen	den	Nihilisten	die	Nihilisten

Further reading

• “Nihilist” in Duden online