An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Niete

by Friedrich Kluge

Niete, f., ‘blank (in a lottery)’; “adopted in the first half of the 18th cent. after the introduction of lotteries in the Du. fashion, from the equiv. Du. niet, m. and n., ‘nothing, nought,’ the gender of which was changed to fem.; the Du. word exactly corresponded orig. to ModHG. nichts, nicht.” See the latter words.