No. 800 in Icelandic
enginn
"Enginn" means "no one," "none," or "no" in English.
In a sentence
Enginn kom í veisluna.
No one came to the party.
Here, 'enginn' is used as a pronoun to mean 'no one' or 'nobody', expressing the absence of any person attending the event.
Ég hafði enga hugmynd um hvað átti að gerast.
I had no idea what was going to happen.
In this sentence, 'enga' is the feminine accusative singular form of 'enginn', used as an adjective modifying 'hugmynd' ('idea') to indicate the lack of any idea.
Það er enginn matur í ísskápnum.
There is no food in the fridge.
Here, 'enginn' operates as an adjective modifying 'matur' ('food') to describe the absence of food in the fridge.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “enginn” in actual Icelandic podcasts.
Find “enginn” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Icelandic podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there.
Get the appIcelandic books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).