The Neck (English) or the Nix/Nixe (German) refer to shapeshifting water spirits who usually appear in human form. The spirit has appeare in the myths and legends of all Germanic peoples in Europe.

Trivia about nix

  • A 3-letter word for "to veto", or a German water sprite
  • This 3-letter slang term for forbid or veto comes to us from the German for "nothing"
  • A water spirit, or to put the kibosh on something