UrsprungFrom 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)”).
- nothing, no
“Detta är på intet sätt ett nytt fenomen” — This is by no means [in no way] a new phenomenon
- noun-from-verb, oftenthe 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"]