"Ich finde nichts."

Translation: I am not finding anything.

[Claudia600338]

Ich finde nichts. How do I know if it is "I am not finding anything" vs "I do not find anything". Which English tense is " finde" equivalent to? The first answer was accepted, but to me it sounds like bad English as in the McDonals ad with "I'm loving it", which is not Oxford grammar.

[toggrikk]

Couldn't this also mean "I don't think so"?

[Auto_Da_Fe]

or "I think not". the offered "I find nothing" and "I don't find anything" are hardly idiomatic English

[AtalinaDove]

No, as that would be "Ich finde nicht", not "Ich finde nichtS"

[8GMyR91n]

How to translate in German: "i don't find anything"; i think: "Ich finde nichts"?
So, why is "i don't find anything" wrong?

[AdarBo]

When will it be, "I found Nothing"?

[olimo]

When it is in the past tense. Ich fand nichts or Ich habe nichts gefunden.

[Branislav758663]

stupid site

[Badoot]

Why would "I am not finding it" not work?

[Levi]

'Ich finde nichts.' literally means "I find nothing.'
2014.09.20

[Steve34747]

It is incorrect because youve added "it". That sentence in German would be "Ich finde es nicht."

This sentence could mean "I am finding nothing", or "I am not finding anything."

So, you were partially correct, in that you could use "am finding" instead of "find".

[philipbelcher]

Finden (German) is also used as think, consider etc. In English judges produce findings and it is commonly used in English conversation as a more considered form of think.