intetsägande

Swedish

Etymology

intet (“nothing”) +‎ sägande (“saying”). Compare Danish intetsigende, Norwegian Bokmål intetsigende, Norwegian Nynorsk inkjeseiande, German nichtssagend, Dutch nietszeggend and Afrikaans niksseggend, niksseggende.

Adjective

intetsägande (comparative mer intetsägande, superlative mest intetsägande)

1. inane, bland, vacuous

   Rapporten om klottret var lång men intetsägande.

   The report about the graffiti was long but inane.

References

• “intetsägande”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “intetsägande”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “intetsägande”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)