From Proto-Germanic *newun, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥. Cognate to Crimean Gothic nyne and Old Norse níu, and Koine Greek ἐννέᾰ (ennéă), which it translates.

• IPA^(key): /ˈniu̯n/

𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌽 • (niun)

2. nine (cardinal number)
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Book of Nehemiah (Codex Argenteus) 7.39:^[1]

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽𐍃: 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌿𐍃 𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌳𐌿𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐌿𐍃 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌰 𐌹𐌴𐍃𐌿𐌹𐍃 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌽 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰 ·𐌿· ·𐌲· (973). —

     jah gudjans: sunjus aidduins us garda iēsuis niun hunda ·u· ·g· (973). —

     The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three. (KJV)

   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Luke (Codex Argenteus) 15.7:^[2]

     𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌰 𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌹𐍃 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹 𐍃𐍅𐌰 𐍆𐌰𐌷𐌴𐌳𐍃 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌹𐌸 𐌹𐌽 𐌷𐌹𐌼𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐌹𐌽 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌹𐍃 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌷𐍄𐌹𐍃 𐌹𐌳𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌲𐍉𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐌸𐌰𐌿 𐌹𐌽 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌴𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌽𐌴 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌶𐌴 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐌴𐌹 𐌽𐌹 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌱𐌿𐌽 𐌹𐌳𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌲𐍉𐍃.

     qiþa izwis þatei swa fahēds wairþiþ in himina in ainis frawaurhtis idreigōndins þau in niuntēhundis jah niunē garaihtaizē þaiei ni þaurbun idreigōs.

     I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance. (KJV)

   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Luke (Codex Argenteus) 17.17:^[3]

     𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌷𐌰𐍆𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌹𐌴𐍃𐌿𐍃 𐌵𐌰𐌸: 𐌽𐌹𐌿 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 𐌸𐌰𐌹 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌹 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐌿𐌽? 𐌹𐌸 𐌸𐌰𐌹 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌽 𐍈𐌰𐍂?

     andhafjands þan iēsus qaþ: niu taihun þai gahrainidai waurþun? iþ þai niun ƕar?

     And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine? (KJV)

• Genitive: 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌽𐌴 (niunē)

• 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌽 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰 (niun hunda, “nine hundred”)
• 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌴𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌽 (niuntēhund jah niun, “ninety-nine”)

• 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌴𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳 (niuntēhund, “ninety”)

• Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) “N25. niun”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 268–269
• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 103