An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Niete

by Friedrich Kluge

Niete, feminine, ‘blank (in a lottery)’; “adopted in the first half of the 18th century after the introduction of lotteries in the Dutch fashion, from the equivalent Dutch niet, masculine and neuter, ‘nothing, nought,’ the gender of which was changed to feminine; the Dutch word exactly corresponded originally to Modern High German nichts, nicht.” See the latter words.