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fundere

verbverb

to ponder, to mull over, to muse · to found, to base, to substantiate

EtymologyOpphav

av latin fundus ‘bunn’ from Latin fundus ‘bottom’

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. gi eller ha grunnlag for;
    basereto base (on), underbygge (1)to substantiate
    to give or have a basis for;
    to base (on)basere, to substantiateunderbygge (1)
    • kravet var godt fundert the claim was well founded
    brukt som adjektiv used as an adjective
    • en løst fundert påstand a poorly founded claim
  2. grunne (IV)to ponder · to muse, to mull over, spekulere (1)to speculate, grubleto brood, to ponder, to mull things over to pondergrunne (IV), to speculatespekulere (1), to broodgruble
    • fundere på noe to mull something over
    • gå og fundere to walk around lost in thought
    • fundere over meningen med livet to ponder the meaning of life