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noun masculinesubstantiv hankjønn

luck, good fortune · a stroke of luck

EtymologyOpphav

fra svensk; av flakseto flap, to flutter · to flit about, to dart restlessly about from Swedish; from flakseto flap, to flutter · to flit about, to dart restlessly about

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

(uventet) hell (I)luck, good fortune · a stroke of luck, a lucky coincidence (unexpected) luckhell (I)
  • ha flaks to be in luck
  • det var rene, skjære flaksen at det gikk bra it was sheer luck that it turned out well