usage - Nicht vs Kein - German Language Stack Exchange The correct comparisons - as far as meaning is concerned - would be 'Ich bin nicht Bademeister' vs 'Ich bin kein Bademeister' or 'Ich bin nicht der Bademeister, ich bin Gast' vs 'Ich bin kein hier angestellter Bademeister [but it could still be my occupation], ich bin Gast', respectively
grammar identification - Confused by kein followed by an adjective . . . Ich kann [kein Russisch]acc sg neutr [Keinem Kind]dat sg neutr gefiel der Film If the noun is further modified by an adjective (or we have a nominalized adjective), kein causes the adjective to be inflected weakly Hence Meine Schwester datet blonde Frauen but Meine Schwester datet keine blonden Frauen
Two different nouns without articles requiring nicht and kein It is my understanding that nouns with indefinite or no articles are negated with "kein" Example - Ich habe keinen Hunger Why does "kein(en)" becomes "nicht" when we have another noun such as "Hit
When to use keine and nicht - German Language Stack Exchange Or more generally speaking, use "kein" when something is rather undetermined (uncountable nouns, indefinite article) and "nicht" for more determined things (definite article, possessive pronouns)
Das ist kein Thema - What does it mean? Recently I moved to the Konstanz area, and what I noticed is people saying "Das ist kein Thema" for everything So, what exactly does it mean? And when to use it?