intet

intet in a sentence

• försvinna i tomma intet
  disappear into thin air
• på intet sätt
  in no way
• Detta är på intet sätt ett nytt fenomen
  This is by no means [in no way] a new phenomenon
• 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"]

Expressions

• gå om intet
  come to naught

Words built with intet

• intetsägande meaningless

Questions

Similar words

inget

Origin

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)”).

Nearby common words

intet is number 4,419 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

• 4,415konfrontera to confront
• 4,416bönor beans
• 4,417rebell rebel
• 4,418illusion illusion
• 4,420laglig legal
• 4,421februari February
• 4,422bura only used in bura in
• 4,423lämplig suitable, appropriate