ingen orsak

Swedish

Etymology

Literally, “no cause”. Similar to Faroese eingin orsøk, Norwegian Nynorsk inga årsak, Norwegian Bokmål ingen årsak and Danish ingen årsag.

Interjection

ingen orsak

1. it's nothing (response to a “thank you”)

Usage notes

• This is the preferred response when being thanked for a favour of some sort.

Synonyms

• varsågod
• det var så lite, det var så lite så