"Nichts ist in der Nähe."

Translation: Nothing is nearby.

[masovnasarana]

Nothing is in the vicinity is accepted and it sounds good :)

[Chaostion]

That's what I tried too. It works well because of the similar structure.

[Kamelkatt]

I thought true nothingness within our universe was a physical impossibility. Can someone please tell me where I can find this nothing?

[jlf1976]

Within the boundary between space and time

[Salomee_e]

It's just the lack of something. You have something, give it away and voila you've got your "nothing". ;)

[Truerepentance]

We are in the middle of nowhere.

[josh2021]

How do you know to use 'nichts' and not 'nicht'

[wataya]

'nicht'='not', 'nichts'='nothing'

[Gildesh]

I know it is not the best translation, but "Nothing is in the closeness" why is not it appropiate?

[gabrielzech]

Can you actually say that? "Nothing is close by" would be much better, sometimes you can't translate German sentences directly.

[Zsoltee]

Why isn't this acceptable?
"Nothing is in the near."

[Levi]

@Zsoltee: Szia Zsolt. "Nothing is in the near." looks and sounds like very weird English to me. Probably that's why it isn't accepted.

[Soglio]

You can't say that in English. "Near" is not a noun in English.

[bofeng.che]

I believe you once used to be able to say something similar to that, using the word nigh which is related to the German word Nähe. (Near is also related to nigh and Nähe by the way.)

[RobertHJMa]

In English 'nigh' means 'soon' or 'is coming soon' or 'about to arrive'

[J.C.Fink]

"nigh" is also "near" or "close to", such as "drawing nigh," or "nigh onto" - I had nigh onto a dozen, or "far and nigh" - they came from far and nigh.

[Sack11]

In der Nähe itself means nearby

[Susanna35]

Would "in the neighborhood" work? That was my first thought.

[Kurttb10]

Would this word be used for something like when people go out to eat?

[Kurttb10]

Sentence

[Anne737429]

on the comment page they give "nearby" as one word but criticized my answer for doing just that!

[RonanSill]

Why refuse close by?

[ga2b_gar32]

what is the difference with neben?

[mizinamo]

neben is a preposition meaning "next to".

neben dem Haus = next to the house, beside the house.

in der Nähe = nearby (to where we are now or to some other obvious point).

Can be used together with the genitive as in in der Nähe des Hauses "near the house".

[RobertHJMa]

'Nothing is in the vicinity' should be accepted surely?

[saliyoon]

When Andromeda Galaxy is getting close, my great grandchild will say this sentence, of course in German (it's more effective )
;)