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flau

adjectiveadjektiv

embarrassed · embarrassing · flat

EtymologyOpphav

fra lavtysk ‘matt, veik’ from Low German ‘faint, weak’

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. dovenflat, smakløstasteless flatdoven, tastelesssmakløs
    • flau vin wine that has gone flat
    • en ost med flau smak a cheese with a bland taste
  2. som er eller viser at noen er pinlig berørt;
    skamfullashamed, bryddembarrassed, self-conscious
    being or showing that someone feels awkward;
    ashamedskamfull, embarrassedbrydd
    • bli flau over noe to be embarrassed about something
    • en flau tenåring an embarrassed teenager
    • flau latter sheepish laughter
  3. som gjør en skamfull;
    pinlig (1)embarrassing
    which makes one ashamed;
    embarrassingpinlig (1)
    • en flau affære an embarrassing affair
    • dette var flaut that was embarrassing
  4. om vind: spak (II, 3)gentle, svak (1)light of wind: gentlespak (II, 3), lightsvak (1)
  5. banalbanal, innholdsløsvacuous, empty banalbanal, vacuous, emptyinnholdsløs
    • fortelle flaue vitser to tell corny jokes

Set phrasesFaste uttrykk

flau vind vind med hastighet 0,3–1,5 m/s wind with a speed of 0.3–1.5 m/s Eng. phraselight air