Word
Ikke engang ørreten tar sluken.
Meaning
Not even the trout takes the fishing lure.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Ikke engang ørreten tar sluken.
ta
to take
sluken
the fishing lure
ørreten
the trout
ikke engang
not even
Questions & Answers about Ikke engang ørreten tar sluken.
What does ikke engang mean in this sentence?
Ikke engang means not even.
It adds emphasis and suggests surprise: something that you might expect to happen does not happen. In this sentence, the speaker is saying that even the trout does not go for the lure.
So the feeling is something like:
- things are going badly
- the fish are not biting
- even the fish you would expect to take it are ignoring it
Why is engang written as one word here?
Because ikke engang is a fixed expression meaning not even.
A useful contrast is:
- ikke engang = not even
- en gang = once / one time
So here, engang is not about one time. It is part of the emphasis expression ikke engang.
You may sometimes see variation in informal writing, but for this meaning, ikke engang is the standard form to learn.
Why are ørreten and sluken written with -en at the end?