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nogen

Pronunciation: [ˈnoən]

“nogen” is a Danish word. Its 4 meanings in English:

pronoun

  1. some
  2. somebody, someone, something
  3. any
  4. anybody, anyone, anything

Etymology

From Old Danish nokær, nogher, noghen, from Old Norse nǫkkurr, cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk nokon and Swedish någon. Grammaticalization of the phrase Proto-Germanic *ne wait ek hwarjaz (“I don't know who = somebody”). For the expression, compare Old English nāthwylc (“somebody”) (from *ne wāt hwylċ), Middle High German neizwer (“somebody”) (from *ne weiz wer), Latin nescio quis (“somebody”).…

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