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forestille

verbverb

to depict, portray · to introduce

EtymologyOpphav

fra tysk ‘stille fram for en’; av fore-fore- from German ‘to put before someone’; from fore-fore-

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. presentere (3)to introduce to introducepresentere (3)
    • forestille noen for en annen to introduce someone to another person
  2. bety, framstille, vise to represent, to depict, to show
    • hva skal det forestille? what is that supposed to be?
    • bildet forestiller et vinterlandskap the picture depicts a winter landscape

Set phrasesFaste uttrykk

forestille seg tenke seg noe;
se for seg to imagine something;
to picture something in one's mind
  • jeg har vanskelig for å forestille meg henne på en scene I find it hard to imagine her on a stage
  • du kan vel forestille deg reaksjonen you can imagine the reaction