"ikke" meaning in Danish

See ikke in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /ˈeɡə/, [ˈe̝ɡ̊(ə)], /eŋ/ (note: dialectal, sense 3)
Etymology: From Old Norse ekki (“not”), cognate with Jutish itt, Swedish icke, inte. The neuter of the Old Norse pronoun engi (“nobody, no”), see ingen. Etymology templates: {{der|da|non|ekki||not}} Old Norse ekki (“not”), {{cog|jut|itt}} Jutish itt, {{cog|sv|icke}} Swedish icke Head templates: {{head|da|adverb|head=}} ikke, {{da-adv}} ikke
  1. not (negation, denial, refusal)
    Sense id: en-ikke-da-adv-IS0i-yOq
  2. not (in a question, expecting a positive answer)
    Sense id: en-ikke-da-adv-pB2NFNX8 Categories (other): Pages with 6 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 5 30 5 11 13 6 32
  3. isn’t it so (postponed, turning an affirmative utterance into a question)
    Sense id: en-ikke-da-adv-gCiEhtLK Categories (other): Pages with 6 entries, Danish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 5 30 5 11 13 6 32 Disambiguation of Danish entries with incorrect language header: 20 30 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ej [negative, rare], ik', ikk' Synonyms (isn't it so?): ikke sandt?, ikke også? Derived forms: det ved jeg ikke (english: I don't know), heller ikke (english: neither), jeg forstår ikke (english: I don't understand), slet ikke (english: not at all)
Disambiguation of "isn't it so?": 0 0 0

Alternative forms

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "for negative sentences",
      "word": "vel"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "I don't know",
      "word": "det ved jeg ikke"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "neither",
      "word": "heller ikke"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "I don't understand",
      "word": "jeg forstår ikke"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "not at all",
      "word": "slet ikke"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "ekki",
        "4": "",
        "5": "not"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse ekki (“not”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jut",
        "2": "itt"
      },
      "expansion": "Jutish itt",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "icke"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish icke",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse ekki (“not”), cognate with Jutish itt, Swedish icke, inte. The neuter of the Old Norse pronoun engi (“nobody, no”), see ingen.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "adverb",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ikke",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ikke",
      "name": "da-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Danish",
  "lang_code": "da",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "not (negation, denial, refusal)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ikke-da-adv-IS0i-yOq",
      "links": [
        [
          "not",
          "not"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "5 30 5 11 13 6 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 6 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Are you not hungry? No, I am full.",
          "text": "Er du ikke sulten? Nej, jeg er mæt.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "not (in a question, expecting a positive answer)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ikke-da-adv-pB2NFNX8",
      "links": [
        [
          "not",
          "not"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "5 30 5 11 13 6 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 6 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 30 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Danish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Han er født i Jylland, ikke?\nHe was born in Jutland, wasn't he?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "isn’t it so (postponed, turning an affirmative utterance into a question)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ikke-da-adv-gCiEhtLK",
      "links": [
        [
          "isn’t it so",
          "isn’t it so"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈeɡə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈe̝ɡ̊(ə)]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eŋ/",
      "note": "dialectal, sense 3"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "negative",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "ej"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ik'"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ikk'"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "sense": "isn't it so?",
      "word": "ikke sandt?"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "sense": "isn't it so?",
      "word": "ikke også?"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ikke"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "for negative sentences",
      "word": "vel"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Danish adverbs",
    "Danish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Danish lemmas",
    "Danish terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Pages with 6 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "I don't know",
      "word": "det ved jeg ikke"
    },
    {
      "english": "neither",
      "word": "heller ikke"
    },
    {
      "english": "I don't understand",
      "word": "jeg forstår ikke"
    },
    {
      "english": "not at all",
      "word": "slet ikke"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "ekki",
        "4": "",
        "5": "not"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse ekki (“not”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jut",
        "2": "itt"
      },
      "expansion": "Jutish itt",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "icke"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish icke",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse ekki (“not”), cognate with Jutish itt, Swedish icke, inte. The neuter of the Old Norse pronoun engi (“nobody, no”), see ingen.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "adverb",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ikke",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ikke",
      "name": "da-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Danish",
  "lang_code": "da",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "not (negation, denial, refusal)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "not",
          "not"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Danish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Are you not hungry? No, I am full.",
          "text": "Er du ikke sulten? Nej, jeg er mæt.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "not (in a question, expecting a positive answer)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "not",
          "not"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Danish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Han er født i Jylland, ikke?\nHe was born in Jutland, wasn't he?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "isn’t it so (postponed, turning an affirmative utterance into a question)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "isn’t it so",
          "isn’t it so"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈeɡə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈe̝ɡ̊(ə)]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eŋ/",
      "note": "dialectal, sense 3"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "negative",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "ej"
    },
    {
      "sense": "isn't it so?",
      "word": "ikke sandt?"
    },
    {
      "sense": "isn't it so?",
      "word": "ikke også?"
    },
    {
      "word": "ik'"
    },
    {
      "word": "ikk'"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ikke"
}

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