ingen

From Old Norse engi, enginn.

• IPA^(key): /iŋən/, [ˈeŋən]

ingen (neuter intet, plural ingen)

1. no; no one; nobody; nothing
2. neither
3. none

• nogen

ing +‎ -en

• IPA^(key): [ˈiŋɡɛn]
• Hyphenation: in‧gen

ingen

1. superessive singular of ing

From Old Norse engi, enginn.

ingen (feminine inga, masculine ingen, neuter intet, plural ingen)

1. no; no one; nobody; nothing
2. neither
3. none

ingen

1. no; not any

• ingenmannsland
• ingen nyheter er gode nyheter

• “ingen” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse engi, enginn.

• IPA^(key): /²ɪŋːɛn/

ingen (feminine inga, masculine ingen, neuter inkje, plural ingen)

1. no; no one; nobody; nothing
2. neither
3. none

ingen

1. no; not any

• ingenmannsland

• “ingen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈinʲɣʲen/

ingen f (genitive ingine)

1. daughter
2. maiden, virgin, young woman

• ingenach
• ingenacht
• ingenas
• ingenrad

• Middle Irish: ingen
  • Irish: iníon, inghean, inín
  • Manx: inneen
  • Scottish Gaelic: nighean, nigheann, inghean

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 ноготь (nógot’), Sanskrit नख (nakhá).

• IPA^(key): /ˈiŋʲɡʲen/

ingen f (genitive ingen)

1. nail (fingernail, toenail)

• Irish: ionga
• Manx: ingin
• Scottish Gaelic: ionga

• “1 ingen (‘daughter’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “2 ingen (‘nail’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• Rudolf Thurneysen (1940) A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 24

From Old Swedish ængin, from Old Norse engi, enginn, from einn (“one”) + -gi (privative suffix).

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ingen (neuter inget, plural inga)

1. 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.

ingen (neuter inget, plural inga)

1. no one, nobody, none

   Ingen har någonsin sprungit 100 meter på under nio sekunder!

   No one has ever run 100 meters faster than nine seconds!

The neuter form inget is also used for inanimates, i.e. in the sense "nothing".

• ingen alls