# Day 14: Kein vs nicht — the two German no's

An episode of [Day One German | Beginner News-Focused German Course](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1896913647), 1 Jan 2026, 5:19.

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Episode fourteen of Day One German, with Felix and Leonie. Bad news is news, and bad news is full of negatives. Today's quirk is genuinely useful grammar in disguise: German has two words for 'not', kein for things, nicht for everything else, and one simple rule of thumb to choose between them. Today's sentence: Im Norden gibt es keinen Strom, und die Schulen sind nicht geöffnet. ▶ Practice this episode free, lesson sheet + 10-minute homework: https://linguawire.com/dayone/german/14 🇩🇪 More free German lessons and daily A1 news: https://linguawire.com/german Learn German for beginners · A1 German podcast · real German news made simple. #LearnGerman #GermanForBeginners #A1German #GermanPodcast #LanguageLearning Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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