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dus homograph 3

adjectiveadjektiv

on familiar terms, on first-name terms · at ease with, used to

EtymologyOpphav

av duyou (singular); påvirket av dus (I)carousing, partying (only in fixed expressions) from duyou (singular); influenced by dus (I)carousing, partying (only in fixed expressions)

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. som tiltaler hverandre med den uformelle tiltaleformen ‘du’ (i stedet for ‘De’);
    til forskjell fra dis (III)being on formal terms     who address each other with the familiar form of address du 'you (informal)', not De 'you (formal)';
    as distinct from being on formal termsdis (III)
  2. vant med;
    fortrolig med     used to;
    familiar with
    • hun var dus med ballen she was comfortable on the ball
    • folk skal bli dus med euroen people are to get used to the euro
    • han er dus med kjendisene he is on familiar terms with the celebrities