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• Adverb, das zur Bildung von Verneinungen dient und Ablehnung, Widerspruch oder das Gegenteil einer Aussage ausdrückt. Es ist eines der grundlegendsten Wörter der englischen Grammatik und wird zur Verneinung von Verben, Adjektiven und anderen Adverbien verwendet.

An adverb used to form negatives, expressing denial, refusal, or the opposite of a statement. It is one of the most fundamental words in English grammar, used to negate verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.

1. NegationA1formal

   Used to form the negative of verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.

   Negation

   • I do not understand the question.
   • She is not coming to the party.
   • This is not the right answer.

   Synonymenayneverno

   Antonymecertainlyindeedyes

2. Emphatic denialA2informal

   Used to emphasize a negative statement or to contradict something.

   Emphatische Verneinung

   • He is not, I repeat, not going to the game.
   • That is not what I meant at all.
   • I will not, under any circumstances, agree to that.

   Synonymenayneverno