inget

Hungarian

Etymology

ing +‎ -et

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈiŋɡɛt]
• Hyphenation: in‧get

Noun

inget

1. accusative singular of ing

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɪŋət̚]
• Hyphenation: inget

Etymology 1

From Javanese inget (ꦲꦶꦔꦠ꧀), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *iŋat, from Proto-Austronesian *iŋət.

Verb

ingêt

1. informal form of ingat

Etymology 2

From Gayo [Term?].

Noun

ingêt (plural inget-inget)

1. the decree of king

Further reading

• “inget” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪŋˌɛt/, [ˈɪŋːˌɛ̂t]

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Determiner

inget

1. neuter singular of ingen

   Vi har inget smör kvar

   We have no butter left

   Inget lejon får komma in här!

   No lion must enter here! (a rare neuter animal)

Pronoun

inget

1. neuter singular of ingen

   Inget av detta är en slump

   None of this is a coincidence

   Inget av fallen har lösts

   None of the cases [neuter] have been resolved

   Vi såg många djur, men inget var en pingvin

   We saw many animals [neuter], but none of them were a penguin [Uncommon enough to likely give native speakers pause, but works. Something like "... men inga var pingviner" (... but none were penguins) is more common.]

2. synonym of ingenting (“nothing”)

   inget annat

   nothing else

   • 1990, Lasse Holm, Ingela Forsman, “Inget stoppar oss nu (I natt, i natt) [Nothing stops us now (Tonight, tonight)]”, in Black Jack‎^[1], performed by Black Jack:

     Ingenting som vi gör är tabu, inget stoppar oss nu.

     Nothing that we do is taboo, nothing stops us now.

   • 1994, Lisa Ekdahl, “Vem vet [Who knows]”, in Lisa Ekdahl‎^[2]:

     Vem vet? Inte du. Vem vet? Inte jag. Vi vet ingenting nu. Vi vet inget idag.

     Who knows? Not you. Who knows? Not I. We know nothing now. We know nothing today.

Usage notes

When no specific noun is implied from context, the common gender form ingen is used for no one or nobody. That is, for people and to some degree for animals. Note that the vast majority of living things are common gender.

Synonyms

• ingentingen (nonstandard variant of aforementioned synonym)