inte

inte

1. (dialectal) Alternative form of ikke
   • 1926, Adolph Stender, Skovtrold, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:

     „Naa, og da de ikke fandt dig, gik du saa hjem?“ „Inte li'e stra's — for saa var'et jo, je' traf din Bro'r?“

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• IPA^(key): /ˈiŋte/

From Latin intus.

inte

1. in, inside

inte + article	Combined form
inte + o	into
inte + a	inta
inte + i	inti
inte + e	inte

• in

Contraction of inte (“in”) + e f pl (“the”, definite article).

inte

1. in the (+ a feminine name in the plural)

• inta
• inti
• into

• inkje
• itte
• intj (syncopated and palatalised form)

From Middle Norwegian einki, from eikki with -n- from eingin (< Old Norse enginn, engi). Compare Swedish Swedish inte.

• IPA^(key): /²ɪntə/, Eastern Norway
• IPA^(key): /²entə/, Østfold
• IPA^(key): /²iɲce/, Røros

inte

1. (dialectal) not, mainly older dialects in Eastern Norway.

   Synonym: inkje

   • 1903, Thoralf Grue, Solør og solungen, page 16:

     ...saa høgger je inte en stok meir i Lystadskogen.

     ...then I shall not chop even one more log in the Lystad woods.

• (shortened) tē
• (Witzapan) tēsu

• IPA^(key): /inˈteː/

intē

1. not

   Ina ka inte kimati

   She/he said she/he doesn't know

   Inte niweli nitekiti yek kwak nimayana

   I can't work well when I'm hungry

intē

1. no, used to deny or disagree.

   Tikneki chiupi chukulat? — Te, nikwaja wey

   Do you want a piece of chocolate? — No, I already ate a lot

From Old Swedish ænkti, ænti, ingti, from a late form of the nominative neuter of Old Swedish ængin. For an earlier form, see icke.

• IPA^(key): /²ɪntɛ/

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• (Scania) IPA^(key): /²ɛntɛ/

inte (not comparable)

1. not

   Synonyms: (dated or formal except in certain expressions) ej, (dated or formal except in certain expressions) icke

   Jag förstod inte vad du sa

   I didn't understand what you said

   (literally, “I understood not what you said”)

   Myror är inte stora

   Ants are not big

   Hästar är inte växter

   Horses are not plants

   – Är inte hästar däggdjur? – Jo, hästar är däggdjur.

   – Aren't horses mammals? – Yes, horses are mammals.

   (literally, “– Are not horses mammals? – Yes, horses are mammals.”)

   Jag gillade inte filmen

   I didn't like the movie

   (literally, “I liked not the movie”)

   Gillade du inte filmen?

   Didn't you like the movie?

   (literally, “Liked you not the movie?”)

   Jag såg dig inte

   I didn't see you

   (literally, “I saw you not”)

   Såg du mig inte?

   Didn't you see me?

   (literally, “Saw you me not?”)

   Jag såg inte dig, men jag såg Nisse

   I didn't see you , but I saw Nisse

   (literally, “I saw not you, but I saw Nisse”)

   Det är inte torsdag idag

   It's not Thursday today

   Imorgon är det inte fredag, utan lördag

   Tomorrow is not Friday, but Saturday

   (literally, “Tomorrow is it not Friday, but Saturday ”)

   Det regnar inte just nu

   It's not raining right now

   (literally, “It rains not right now”)

   Jag hoppas (att) det inte regnar imorgon

   I hope it's not raining tomorrow

   (literally, “I hope (that) it not rains tomorrow ”)

   Om det inte regnar så kan [or "så skulle vi kunna," for a tone of "could"] vi gå på picknick

   If it doesn't rain, we can go on a picnic

   (literally, “If it not rains can we go on picnic ”)

   Han kan inte simma

   He can't swim

   (literally, “He can not swim”)

   en man som inte kan simma

   a man who can't swim

   (literally, “a man that not can swim ”)

   Monstren (som) man inte ser är ofta läskigast

   The monsters (that) you don't see are often the scariest

   (literally, “The monsters (that) one not see are often scariest ”)

   Boken (som) du inte (har) läst är bra

   The book (that) you haven't read is good

   (literally, “The book (that) you not (have) read is good ”)

• Getting the word order wrong with adverbials and subclauses is extremely common among Swedish learners. It rarely causes any problems with comprehension, just sounding a bit off, like "a man who not can swim" does in English (though it is the correct word order in Swedish).
• The relevant rule for subclauses is called biff-regeln in Swedish (the biff (also literally steak) rule – "I bisats kommer 'inte' före det finita verbet" (In subclauses, "inte" comes before the finite verb)). It also applies to sentence adverbs, like for example förmodligen (“probably”), möjligtvis (“possibly”), förhoppningsvis (“hopefully”), lyckligtvis (“fortunately”), fortfarande (“still”), and kanske (“maybe, perhaps”). (The word order for kanske is a bit more flexible in main clauses compared to the other ones.)
• Inte is often shortened to int in speech in Finland Swedish and Norrlandic dialects.

• jag förstår inte (“I don't understand”)

• inte in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• inte in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• inte in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

inte

1. if

• int'
• 'nte

inte

1. in

• The alternative forms are used before or after a vowel respectively.