Nietzsche

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Australia, UK/ˈniː.t͡ʃə/

proper noun

A surname from German, most famously borne by Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900), German philosopher.

OriginGerman Nietzsche →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A surname from German, most famously borne by Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900), German philosopher.

    You would not like Nietzsche, sir. He is fundamentally unsound.

    1919, P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves
    1 more example

    Girard critically examines Nietzsche's central contention that Christianity is a religion of sublimated vengeance or ressentiment and contents that although Nietzsche is half right about Christians he remains dangerously naive about violence itself.

    2008 November 24, Giles Fraser, “On the Genealogy of Morals, part 5: Breaking the cycle of conflict”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Origin

  1. GermanNietzsche
  2. EnglishNietzsche

Borrowed from German Nietzsche.

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Translations

Arabic نِتْشَه, نِتْشَة
  • نِتْشَه (nitšah)surname
  • نِتْشَة (nitša)surname
Bengali নিৎশে
  • নিৎশে (nitśe)surname
Chinese Cantonese 尼采
  • 尼采 (nei⁴ coi²)surname
Chinese Mandarin 尼采
  • 尼采 (Nícǎi)surname
Czech Nietzsche, Nietzscheová
  • Nietzschesurname
  • Nietzscheovásurname
  • Nietzschovásurname
Esperanto Niĉeo
  • Niĉeosurname
Finnish Nietzsche
  • Nietzschesurname
German Nietzsche
  • Nietzschesurname
Greek Νίτσε
  • Νίτσε (Nítse)surname
Hebrew נִיטְשֶׁה
  • נִיטְשֶׁה (Nítshe)surname
Hindi नीत्शे
  • नीत्शे (nītśe)surname
Irish Nítse
  • Nítsesurname
Japanese ニーチェ
  • ニーチェ (Nīche)surname
Korean 니체
  • 니체surname
Latvian Nīče, Nīcše
  • Nīčesurname
  • Nīcšesurname
Lithuanian Nyčė
  • Nyčėsurname
Persian نیچه
  • نیچه (niče)surname
Punjabi ਨੀਤਸ਼ੇ
  • ਨੀਤਸ਼ੇ (nītśe)surname
Russian Ни́цше
  • Ни́цше (Nícše)surname
Tagalog Nietzsche
  • Nietzschesurname
Tamil நீட்சே
  • நீட்சே (nīṭcē)surname
Thai นีทเชอ
  • นีทเชอ (nîit-chəə)surname
Ukrainian Ні́цше
  • Ні́цше (Nícše)surname
Vietnamese Nietzsche, Nít-sơ
  • Nietzschesurname
  • Nít-sơsurname
Yiddish ניצשע
  • ניצשע (nitsshe)surname

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

Nietzsche. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nietzsche

MLA

“Nietzsche.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nietzsche. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Nietzsche,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nietzsche.

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