nixie
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nixie¹
- /ˈnɪksi/
Where it comes from
From German Nixe, feminine of Nix, from Middle High German nickes, from Old High German nihhus (“water-elf, crocodile”), from Proto-Germanic *nikwus, *nikwis, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *neygʷ- (“to wash”).
Cognate with Old English nicor (“water-elf, hippopotamus, walrus”), English nicker.
noun nixies · nixe · nixy
- A female nix, a water-spirit. The beautiful Nix or Nixie who allures the young fisher or hunter to seek her embraces in the wave which brings his death, the Neck who seizes upon and drowns the maidens who sport upon his banks, the river-spirit who still yearly in some parts of Germany demands tribute of human life, are all forms
nixie²
- /ˈnɪksi/
noun nixies
- A piece of mail returned as undeliverable. Mailers who are registered participants in the Postal Service's Address Change Service (ACS) system expect to receive their address corrections and nixie notifications by electronic messages;[…].
Translations
Talk about this word "nixie." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/nixie. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. nixie. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/nixie "nixie." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/nixie.Cite this
@misc{nixie_2026,
title = {nixie},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nixie},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
