FromOld Norse engi, enginn einn ( “ one ” ) +-gi ( “ not ” ) .
ingen (neuter intet plural ingen
( determiner ) no Jeg haringen penge.I haveno money. ( pronoun ) no one ,nobody ,nothing ,neither ,none Ingen har set ham siden i morges.No one has seen him since this morning.ing -en
IPA (key ) : [ˈiŋɡɛn] Hyphenation:in‧gen ingen
superessive singular ofing FromOld Norse engi ,enginn
ingen (feminine inga masculine ingen neuter intet plural ingen
no ;no one ;nobody ;nothing neither none ingen
no ;not any FromMiddle Norwegian eingin Old Norse enginn engi Faroese eingin Icelandic enginn Swedish ingen Danish ingen
ingen (masculine ingen feminine inga neuter inkje plural ingen
no ingen (masculine ingen feminine inga neuter inkje plural ingen
no one ;nobody neither none FromPrimitive Irish ᚔᚅᚔᚌᚓᚅᚐ ( inigena ) ,[ 1] Proto-Celtic *enigenā ( literally“ born within, indigenous ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ( “ to produce, beget ” ) ; compareLatin indigena ( “ native ” ) andAncient Greek ἐγγόνη ( engónē ,“ granddaughter ” ) .
IPA (key ) : /ˈinʲ.ɣʲən/ ( Blasse ) [ˈinʲ.ɣʲen] ( Griffith ) [ˈinʲ.ɣʲən] ingen f genitive ingine
daughter maiden ,virgin , young womanInitial mutations of a following adjective:
H = triggers aspirationL = triggers lenitionN = triggers nasalizationGregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019 ), “1 ingen (‘daughter’) ”, ineDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940 ) [1909 ],D. A. Binchy andOsborn Bergin , transl.,A Grammar of Old Irish , Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, translation ofHandbuch des Alt-Irischen →ISBN § 24 , page18 ; reprinted2017 FromProto-Celtic *angʷīnā Proto-Indo-European *h₃nṓgʰs
Cognate withWelsh ewin Breton ivin Latin unguis English nail Ancient Greek ὄνυξ ( ónux ) ,Russian но́готь ( nógotʹ ) ,Sanskrit नख ( nakhá ) .
IPA (key ) : /ˈiŋʲ.ɡʲən/ ( Blasse ) [ˈiŋʲ.ɡʲen] ( Griffith ) [ˈiŋʲ.ɡʲən] ingen f genitive ingne
nail (fingernail ,toenail )Initial mutations of a following adjective:
H = triggers aspirationL = triggers lenitionN = triggers nasalizationMiddle Irish:inga ( reinterpreted as ann -stem ) Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019 ), “2 ingen (‘nail’) ”, ineDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940 ) [1909 ],D. A. Binchy andOsborn Bergin , transl.,A Grammar of Old Irish , Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, translation ofHandbuch des Alt-Irischen →ISBN § 24 , page18 ; reprinted2017 Mutation ofingen radical lenition nasalization ingen ( pronounced with/h/ inh -prothesis environments ) ingen n-ingen
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
^ Ziegler, Sabine (1994 ), Alfred Bammesberger and Günter Neumann, editors,Die Sprache der altirischen Ogam-Inschriften [The language of the Old Irish Ogham inscriptions →ISBN 188f FromOld Swedish ængin Old Norse engi enginn einn ( “ one ” ) +-gi (privative suffix) .
ingen (neuter inget plural inga
no Jag haringen bil I haveno car Vi haringen mjölk hemma We haveno milk at home Jag haringa cigaretter I haveno cigarettes Inget träd kan leva av vatten allenaNo tree can live on water alonenone (when the referent is implied, which is often idiomatic in Swedish, similar to after "any" in English in the example)– Ge mig en cigarett. – Jag haringa ["cigaretter" implied]. – Give me a cigarette. – I don't have any ["cigarettes" implied – "I haveno/none "]. ingen (neuter inget plural inga
none Ingen av burkarna innehöll colaNone of the cans contained colaInget av detta är en slumpNone of this is a coincidenceFör musiken ståringa mindre än Rolling Stones The music is provided by ("for the music stands")none other than ("none lesser than" – idiomatic) the Rolling Stones ( almost always common gender ) no one ,nobody Ingen har någonsin sprungit 100 meter på under nio sekunder!No one has ever run 100 meters faster than nine seconds!( in the neuteringet ) synonym ofingenting ( “ nothing ” ) 1994 Lisa Ekdahl , “Vem vet [Who knows ]”, inLisa Ekdahl [1] Vem vet? Inte du. Vem vet? Inte jag. Vi vet ingenting nu. Vi vetinget idag. Who knows? Not you. Who knows? Not I. We know nothing now. We knownothing today. See the usage notes foringet
