ingenting
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From ingen (“no”) + ting (“thing”).
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ingenting
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From ingen (“no”) + ting (“thing”).
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ingenting
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ingenting
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From ingen (“no”) + ting (“thing”).
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Pronoun edit
ingenting
- 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
- You can have everything or nothing
References edit
- “ingenting” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Pronoun edit
ingenting
- 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 [synonymous] 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 [synonymous] today.