intet

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Danish[edit]

Noun[edit]

intet n

  1. nothingness
    Synonyms: intethed, tomhet

Pronoun[edit]

intet

  1. neuter singular of ingen
    nothing (not any thing)

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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Noun[edit]

intet n

  1. nothingness
    Synonyms: intetjet, tomhet

Pronoun[edit]

intet

  1. neuter singular of ingen
    nothing (not any thing)
    Synonyms: ingenting, ikke noe

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Swedish intit, neuter of ingin (no one), the equivalent of modern Swedish ingen, whose modern neuter form is inget (no (as a determiner), nothing (as a pronoun)).

Pronoun[edit]

intet

  1. (somewhat solemn except for in certain expressions) nothing, no
    Synonyms: inget, ingenting
    Detta är på intet sätt ett nytt fenomen
    This is by no means [in no way] a new phenomenon
  2. (nominalized, often as "tomma intet" (the empty nothing)) the nothing, the nothingness
    skapa något ur tomma intet
    create something out of thin air [the empty nothing]
    stirra ut i tomma intet
    stare into space [out into the empty nothing – can also be expressed as "stirra ut i luften"]

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