ingen
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse engi, enginn, from einn (“one”) + -gi (“not”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /enɡən/, [ˈeŋŋ̩]
Pronoun
ingen (neuter intet, plural ingen)
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈiŋɡɛn]
- Hyphenation: in‧gen
Norwegian Bokmål
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Middle Norwegian eingin, from Old Norse enginn, a newer form of engi. Cognate with Faroese eingin, Icelandic enginn, Swedish ingen and Danish ingen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²ɪŋːɛn/
Derived terms
References
- “ingen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Irish
Etymology 1
From Primitive Irish ᚔᚅᚔᚌᚓᚅᚐ (inigena), from Proto-Celtic *enigenā, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce, beget’; compare Latin indigena (“native”) and Ancient Greek ἐγγόνη (engónē, “granddaughter”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈinʲɣʲen/
Inflection
Feminine ā-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | ingenL | inginL | ingenaH |
Vocative | ingenL | inginL | ingenaH |
Accusative | inginN | inginL | ingenaH |
Genitive | ingineH | ingenL | ingenN |
Dative | inginL | ingenaib | ingenaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
Etymology 2
From Proto-Celtic *angʷīnā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nogʰ-, *h₃nogʷʰ-.
Cognate with Welsh ewin, Breton ivin; and with Latin unguis, English nail, Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux), Russian но́готь (nógotʹ), Sanskrit नख (nakhá).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈiŋʲɡʲen/
Inflection
Feminine ā-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | ingenL | inginL | ingneaH |
Vocative | ingenL | inginL | ingneaH |
Accusative | inginN | inginL | ingneaH |
Genitive | ingneH | ingenL | ingenN |
Dative | inginL | ingnib | ingnib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 ingen (‘daughter’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 ingen (‘nail’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2003), D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 24
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish ængin, from Old Norse engi, enginn, from einn (“one”) + -gi (privative suffix).
Pronunciation
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Determiner
ingen (neuter inget, plural inga)
- no
- Jag har inga cigaretter.
- I have no cigarettes.
- Jag har ingen bil.
- I have no car.
- Inget träd kan leva av vatten allena.
- No tree can live by nothing but water.
Pronoun
Usage notes
The neuter form inget is also used for inanimates, i.e. in the sense "nothing".
See also
Further reading
- ingen in Svensk ordbok.