English-German translations for next to nothing

• fast nichts
• so gut wie nichts
  Warum wurde damals so gut wie nichts unternommen? Why was next to nothing then done?
  Ich bin weniger stolz darüber, dass in diesem Bereich seither so gut wie nichts geschehen ist. I am less proud that next to nothing has happened in this area since then.
  Und was ist passiert? Die Mitgliedstaaten tun so gut wie nichts! The Member States, however, have reacted by doing next to nothing, and this is intolerable.

Definition of next to nothing

• Very little

Examples

• I got it for next to nothing in the January sales
• He pretends to be knowledgeable, but actually he knows next to nothing

Related words

• next to
• next to, close to
• next to last
• be next to
• tomorrow next
• next-to-last