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dis homograph 3

adjectiveadjektiv

EtymologyOpphav

av De, etter mønster av dus (III)on familiar terms, on first-name terms · at ease with, used to from De 'you (formal)', modelled on dus (III)on familiar terms, on first-name terms · at ease with, used to

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

som tiltaler hverandre med den høflige tiltaleformen ‘De’ (i stedet for ‘du’);
til forskjell fra dus (III)on familiar terms, on first-name terms · at ease with, used to
who address each other with the polite form of address De 'you (formal)', not du 'you (informal)';
as distinct from being on informal termsdus (III)
  • de hadde kjent hverandre en stund, men var fremdeles dis they had known each other for a while, but were still on formal terms