ingenting

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Danish

Etymology

From ingen (no) +‎ ting (thing).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeŋənˌteŋˀ/,

Pronoun

ingenting

  1. nothing
    Synonym: intet

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From ingen (no) +‎ ting (thing).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ingenting

  1. nothing

Noun

ingenting

  1. naught, nothingness

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From ingen (no) +‎ ting (thing).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ingenting

  1. nothing
    • 2002, Kaizers Orchestra, Mann mot mann:
      Du kan få alt eller ingenting
      Velkommen inn, elskling
      You can have everything or nothing
      Welcome in, darling

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Swedish

Etymology

From ingen (no) +‎ ting (things). The reason ingen ends with an -n and not with a -t is because it is actually the old neuter plural, thus this phrase originally means "no things". Compare allting, någonting.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪŋɛnˌtɪŋ/,
  • (file)

Pronoun

ingenting

  1. nothing
    Synonym: inget
    • 1990, Lasse Holm, Ingela Forsman (lyrics and music), “Inget stoppar oss nu (I natt, i natt) [Nothing stops us now (Tonight, tonight)]”, in Black Jack, performed by Black Jack:
      Ingenting som vi gör är tabu, inget stoppar oss nu.
      Nothing that we do is taboo, nothing stops us now.
    • 1994, Lisa Ekdahl (lyrics and music), “Vem vet [Who knows]”, in Lisa Ekdahl:
      Vem vet? Inte du. Vem vet? Inte jag. Vi vet ingenting nu. Vi vet inget idag.
      Who knows? Not you. Who knows? Not I. We know nothing now. We know nothing today.

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