ingen

From Old Norse engi, enginn, from einn (“one”) +‎ -gi (“not”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈenɡən/, [ˈeŋŋ̍]

ingen (neuter intet, plural ingen)

1. (determiner) no

   Jeg har ingen penge.

   I have no money.

2. (pronoun) no one, nobody, nothing, neither, none

   Ingen har set ham siden i morges.

   No one has seen him since this morning.

• 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 Middle Norwegian eingin, from Old Norse enginn, a newer form of engi. Cognate with Faroese eingin, Icelandic enginn, Swedish ingen and Danish ingen.

• IPA^(key): /²ɪŋːɛn/

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

1. no

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

1. no one; nobody
2. neither
3. none

• ingenmannsland
• ingenting

• “ingen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• ginen

From Primitive Irish ᚔᚅᚔᚌᚓᚅᚐ (inigena)[1], from Proto-Celtic *enigenā (literally “born within, indigenous”), 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

• ingenacht
• ingenrad

• Middle Irish: ingen
  • Irish: iníon, inghean; inghin, inín; nighean, níon, inín
  • Manx: inneen
  • Scottish Gaelic: nighean, nigheann, inghean
• ⇒ Middle Irish: ingenach
• ⇒ Middle Irish: ingenas
  • Irish: iníonas

• 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
• Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2003), D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 24, page 18

From Proto-Celtic *angʷīnā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nṓgʰs.

Cognate with Welsh ewin, Breton ivin; and with Latin unguis, English nail, Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux), Russian но́готь (nógotʹ), Sanskrit नख (nakhá).

• IPA^(key): [ˈiŋʲɡʲen]

ingen f (genitive ingen)

1. nail (fingernail, toenail)

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

• 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, page 18

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪŋˌɛn/, [ˈɪŋːˌɛ̂n]

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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, ingendera

• ingen in Svensk ordbok.