Danish

Pronoun

ingen ‎(neuter intet, plural ingen)

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

See also

• nogen

Hungarian

Etymology

ing +‎ -en

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ingen

1. superessive singular of ing

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse engi, enginn.

Pronoun

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

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

Adjective

ingen

1. no; not any

Derived terms

• ingenmannsland
• ingen nyheter er gode nyheter

References

• “ingen” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse engi, enginn.

Pronoun

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

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

Adjective

ingen

1. no; not any

Derived terms

• ingenmannsland

References

• “ingen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Irish

Etymology 1

From Primitive Irish ᚔᚅᚔᚌᚓᚅᚐ ‎(inigena), from Proto-Celtic *enigenā, from Proto-Indo-European [Term?] (compare Latin indigena ‎(“native”), Ancient Greek ἐγγόνη ‎(engónē, “granddaughter”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈinʲɣʲen/

Noun

ingen f ‎(genitive ingine)

1. daughter
2. maiden, virgin, young woman

Inflection

Derived terms

• ingenach
• ingenacht
• ingenas
• ingenrad

Descendants

• Middle Irish: inghean
  • Irish: inghean, iníon, níon
  • Manx: inneen
  • Scottish Gaelic: nighean

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiŋʲɡʲen/

Noun

ingen f ‎(genitive ingen)

1. fingernail
2. toenail

Inflection

Descendants

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

References

• “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, A Grammar of Old Irish (Dublin, 1946), §24

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ingen ‎(neuter inget, plural inga)

1. no, no one, nobody

   Jag har inga cigaretter.‎

   I have no cigarettes.

   Jag har ingen bil.‎

   I don't have any car.

   Ingen har någonsin sprungit 100 meter på under nio sekunder!‎

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

   Inget träd kan leva av vatten allena.‎

   No tree can live by nothing but water.

Synonyms

• inte någon

Usage notes

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

See also

• ingen alls