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verbverb

to find

EtymologyOpphav

norrønt finna Old Norse finna

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. komme over, treffe på, oppdage to come across, run into, discover
    • finne en skatt to find a treasure
    • finne igjen noe en har mistet to find something you had lost
    • finne noen død to find someone dead
    • jeg fant hammeren i boden I found the hammer in the shed
    • de finner ikke veien they can't find the way
    • har dere funnet en plass å spise? have you found a place to eat?
  2. oppnå (1)to attain to attainoppnå (1)
    • finne formen to find one's form
    • finne trøst to find comfort
  3. komme fram til, tenke ut, utlede to arrive at, to work out, to deduce
    • finne ut av noe to figure something out
    • finne en løsning to find a solution
    • finne fram til folk to track down people
    • finne fram til løsninger to arrive at solutions
  4. synes (3)to think, vurdereto assess, to evaluate · to consider (doing something) · to value, to appraise to thinksynes (3), to assessvurdere
    • finne noe mistenkelig to find something suspicious
    • finne tiden moden to consider the time ripe
    • finne noen skyldig to find someone guilty
    • finne grunn til to find reason to

Set phrasesFaste uttrykk

finne for godt avgjøre etter eget skjønn to decide at one's own discretion Eng. phraseto see fit
  • alle gjør som de finner for godt everyone does as they see fit
finne hverandre
  1. bli et par to become a couple Eng. phraseto get together
  2. bli enige;
    ha felles syn i en sak     to reach agreement;
    to share a common view on a matter     Eng. phraseto find common ground
finne opp tenke ut noe nytt eller lage noe for første gang to think up something new or make something for the first time Eng. phraseto invent
  • Anders Celsius fant opp temperaturskalaen celsius Anders Celsius invented the Celsius temperature scale
finne på komme på;
tenke ut;
pønske ut to think of;
to devise;
to concoct Eng. phraseto come up with
  • vi vet aldri hva noen kan finne på we never know what someone might come up with
  • ungene fant på ord som ingen andre forstod the kids made up words that no one else understood
finne seg i godta (idet en resignerer) to accept (in resignation) Eng. phraseto put up with
  • dette finner jeg meg ikke i I won't put up with this
finne seg selv bli klar over hvem en er og hva en vil to become aware of who one is and what one wants Eng. phraseto find oneself
finne seg til rette tilpasse seg to adapt oneself Eng. phraseto settle in
  • de hjelper barna med å finne seg til rette they help the children settle in
finne sted foregå to occur, to happen Eng. phraseto take place
  • hendelsen fant sted tirsdag kveld the event took place on Tuesday evening
finne ut bli klar over to become aware of, to figure out Eng. phraseto find out
  • finne ut hva som er i veien to find out what's wrong
  • vi fant ut at dette var det rette tidspunkt we realised this was the right time
ikke ha funnet opp kruttet være dum eller godtroende to be stupid or gullible Eng. phrasenot the sharpest tool in the shed