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verbverb

to drink

EtymologyOpphav

norrønt drekka Old Norse drekka

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. tilføre kroppen væske gjennom munnen to take liquid into the body through the mouth
    • drikke en kopp te to drink a cup of tea
    • jeg drikker aldri brus I never drink fizzy drinks
    • husk å drikke nok vann! remember to drink enough water!
    • snart har jeg drukket fem kopper kaffe soon I'll have drunk five cups of coffee
    • hun drakk en liten slurk av flaska she took a small sip from the bottle
  2. nyte alkohol;
    misbruke alkohol     to consume alcohol;
    to abuse alcohol
    • verken røyke eller drikke neither to smoke nor to drink
    • de var ute og drakk i går they were out drinking yesterday
    • drikke seg full to get drunk
    • drikke seg til mot to drink to work up some courage
    • drikke med måte to drink in moderation
    • jeg skal aldri begynne å drikke igjen! I'm never going to start drinking again!
  3. om eldre forhold: feire høytid eller merkedag med drikkelaga drinking party, a drinking session, a booze-up of earlier times: to celebrate a feast day or an anniversary with a drinking partydrikkelag
    • drikke jul to celebrate Christmas with drinking
    • drikke gravøl to hold a wake
  4. suge til seg to soak up
    • drikke av visdommens brønn to drink from the well of wisdom
    • bilen drikker mye bensin the car guzzles a lot of petrol

Set phrasesFaste uttrykk

drikke en skål skåle (II)to drink a toast, to toast, to clink glasses to toast, to clink glassesskåle (II) Eng. phraseto drink a toast
  • drikke en skål for brudeparet to drink a toast to the bride and groom
drikke noen under bordet skjenke noen så fulle at de ikke greier å stå på beina to ply someone with drink until they can no longer stand up Eng. phraseto drink someone under the table
drikke opp
  1. drikke til det er tomt;
    tømme (II, 1)to drain     to drink until nothing is left;
    to draintømme (II, 1)     Eng. phraseto drink up
    • de rakk akkurat å drikke opp kaffen før de måtte gå they just managed to finish their coffee before they had to go
  2. bruke alle pengene sine på alkoholholdig drikke to spend all one's money on alcoholic drink Eng. phraseto drink away one's money
    • hun drakk opp alle pengene sine she drank away all her money