"Ikke noget, intet som helst."

Translation: Nothing, nothing at all.

[Mattais]

Difference between "ikke noget" and "ingenting"?

[btwillbethere]

'Ikke noget' is used when you say something like 'Nothing, it wasn't me that said it' and 'ingenting' is when you say 'There is nothing in the box'.

[sumirejay]

'not a thing' versus 'nothing' :)

[tvindy]

So "ikke noget" can't be translated as "not anything"? Why?

[duodb]

"Not anything" would be understood in English, but it's unnatural in most contexts (including this one). "There was not anything wrong" is one of the least awkward uses I can think of off the top of my head, but that still sounds pedantic compared to "There was nothing wrong" or "There wasn't anything wrong."

[tvindy]

Thanks. :)

[xherd]

Stupid sexy flanders!

[garvanc]

When a husband asks his wife what's wrong... Be afraid!