icke sa Nicke

Swedish

Etymology

icke (“not”) +‎ sa (“said”) +‎ Nicke (diminutive of the male given names Niklas, Nicklas, Niclas, and Nichlas)

Adverb

icke sa Nicke (not comparable)

(idiomatic, colloquial, emphatic) nope (expressing contradiction, denial, refusal, etc.)
Jag var helt säker på att jag köpt mjölk, men icke sa Nicke
I was absolutely sure I had bought milk, but nope

Arbeta på en söndag? Icke sa Nicke.
Work on a Sunday? No way Jose.

References

icke in Svensk ordbok (SO)

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