When talking about absolute quantities, Danish uses the pronouns alting (everything) and ingenting (nothing).
| Everything is in the moving box, and it is full. | Alting er i flyttekassen, og den er fuld. |
| The trash can is empty, and there is nothing in it. | Skraldespanden er tom, og der er ingenting i den. |
Alting
Alting is treated as a singular, neuter word. If you refer back to it later in a sentence, use the neuter pronoun det.
| Everything is standing in the garage, but we cannot keep it. | Alting står i garagen, men vi kan ikke beholde det. |
Ingenting
Ingenting means "nothing." Because the word itself is already negative, you do not add ikke (not) in the same clause.
| There is nothing in this garage right now. | Der er ingenting i den her garage lige nu. |
Alting vs. Ingenting
These pronouns are often used together to describe contrasting actions, like deciding what to keep or get rid of:
| The man donates everything and keeps nothing. | Manden donerer alting og beholder ingenting. |
| He throws nothing away in order to recycle everything. | Han smider ingenting væk for at genbruge alting. |
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