Double negative

Double negative - grammatical construction occurring when two forms of negation are used in the same sentence. Article “Double negative” in English Wikipedia has 60.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 33 references and 19 sections.

This article has the best quality in Spanish Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

In June 2026 the article “Double negative” was edited by 3 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 4 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Double negative”, its content was written by 398 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 593 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 158 times in English Wikipedia and cited 259 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #968 in March 2003
• Global: #2802 in March 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #69063 in November 2011
• Global: #53791 in January 2015

There are 10 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Spanish (es) Doble negación (lingüística)		80.0056
2	English (en) Double negative		60.8423
3	German (de) Doppelte Verneinung		25.9058
4	Bulgarian (bg) Двойно отрицание		16.5355
5	French (fr) Double négation (linguistique)		9.0094
6	Japanese (ja) 二重否定 (言語学)		6.1118
7	Chinese (zh) 双重否定句		4.9834
8	Dutch (nl) Dubbele ontkenning		4.2521
9	Korean (ko) 이중부정		3.0169
10	Lithuanian (lt) Dvigubas neiginys		0.1047

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Double negative" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Double negative		2 082 495
2	German (de) Doppelte Verneinung		388 924
3	Japanese (ja) 二重否定 (言語学)		168 545
4	Spanish (es) Doble negación (lingüística)		116 877
5	Chinese (zh) 双重否定句		107 394
6	Dutch (nl) Dubbele ontkenning		82 809
7	French (fr) Double négation (linguistique)		52 328
8	Korean (ko) 이중부정		16 164
9	Lithuanian (lt) Dvigubas neiginys		4 946
10	Bulgarian (bg) Двойно отрицание		3 126

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Double negative" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Double negative		4 024
2	German (de) Doppelte Verneinung		383
3	Japanese (ja) 二重否定 (言語学)		281
4	French (fr) Double négation (linguistique)		212
5	Chinese (zh) 双重否定句		200
6	Spanish (es) Doble negación (lingüística)		157
7	Dutch (nl) Dubbele ontkenning		85
8	Korean (ko) 이중부정		26
9	Bulgarian (bg) Двойно отрицание		20
10	Lithuanian (lt) Dvigubas neiginys		7

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Double negative" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Double negative		398
2	German (de) Doppelte Verneinung		96
3	Chinese (zh) 双重否定句		26
4	Dutch (nl) Dubbele ontkenning		23
5	Japanese (ja) 二重否定 (言語学)		20
6	French (fr) Double négation (linguistique)		10
7	Spanish (es) Doble negación (lingüística)		9
8	Korean (ko) 이중부정		5
9	Lithuanian (lt) Dvigubas neiginys		4
10	Bulgarian (bg) Двойно отрицание		2

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Double negative" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Double negative		3
2	Korean (ko) 이중부정		1
3	Bulgarian (bg) Двойно отрицание		0
4	German (de) Doppelte Verneinung		0
5	Spanish (es) Doble negación (lingüística)		0
6	French (fr) Double négation (linguistique)		0
7	Japanese (ja) 二重否定 (言語学)		0
8	Lithuanian (lt) Dvigubas neiginys		0
9	Dutch (nl) Dubbele ontkenning		0
10	Chinese (zh) 双重否定句		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Double negative" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Double negative		158
2	German (de) Doppelte Verneinung		23
3	Spanish (es) Doble negación (lingüística)		15
4	Korean (ko) 이중부정		14
5	French (fr) Double négation (linguistique)		12
6	Japanese (ja) 二重否定 (言語学)		12
7	Dutch (nl) Dubbele ontkenning		10
8	Chinese (zh) 双重否定句		10
9	Bulgarian (bg) Двойно отрицание		3
10	Lithuanian (lt) Dvigubas neiginys		2

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#	Language	Value
bg	Bulgarian Двойно отрицание
de	German Doppelte Verneinung
en	English Double negative
es	Spanish Doble negación (lingüística)
fr	French Double négation (linguistique)
ja	Japanese 二重否定 (言語学)
ko	Korean 이중부정
lt	Lithuanian Dvigubas neiginys
nl	Dutch Dubbele ontkenning
zh	Chinese 双重否定句

Best Rank

English: #69063 11.2011

Global: #53791 01.2015

Best Rank

English: #968 03.2003

Global: #2802 03.2003

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