ingenting

Danish

Etymology

From ingen (“no”) +‎ ting (“thing”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈeŋənˌteŋˀ/, [ˈe̝ŋŋ̍ˌt͡sʰe̝ŋˀ]

Pronoun

ingenting

nothing
Synonym: intet

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From ingen (“no”) +‎ ting (“thing”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²ɪŋːɛntɪŋ/

Pronoun

ingenting

nothing

Noun

ingenting

naught, nothingness

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From ingen (“no”) +‎ ting (“thing”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²ɪŋːɛntɪŋ/

Pronoun

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

References

“ingenting” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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/, [ˈɪŋːɛnˌtʰɪ̂ŋː]
Audio: (file)

Pronoun

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^[1], 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^[2]:
  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.

Antonyms

någonting (“something”), något (“something”)
allting (“everything”), allt (“everything”)

Related terms

ingen

References