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hel homograph 2, heil

adjectiveadjektiv

whole, entire · intact, unbroken · completely, entirely (adverb helt)

EtymologyOpphav

norrønt heill Old Norse heill

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. ikke i stykker;
    uskadd, i stand     not in pieces, unbroken;
    undamaged, intact
    • koppen er hel the cup is intact
    • buksa er like hel the trousers are still in one piece
    • strømpene er hele the socks have no holes
    • det var ikke et helt egg igjen i kartongen there wasn't one unbroken egg left in the carton
  2. av samme materiale;
    ublandet     of one and the same material;
    unmixed, pure
    • en genser i hel ull a sweater of pure wool
  3. i sin fulle størrelse;
    udelt, uredusert, fullstendig     at its full size;
    undivided, unreduced, complete
    • et helt brød a whole loaf
    • en hel time a whole hour
    • utslette en hel by to wipe out an entire city
    • steke fisken hel to fry the fish whole
    • fortelle den hele og fulle sannhet to tell the whole and complete truth
    brukt som substantiv: used as a noun:
    • to halve er en hel two halves make a whole
  4. svær, stor, dugelig great, big, considerable
    • det er en hel evighet siden it's been a whole eternity since then
    • en hel hærskare a whole host
  5. ikke mindre enn no fewer than, as many as
    • det var hele 40 stykker av dem there were no fewer than 40 of them
  6. brukt som adverb: fullt ut, fullstendig, aldeles used as an adverb: fully, completely, entirely
    • helt sikkert absolutely certain
    • begynne helt forfra to start again from the very beginning
    • bilen er helt ny the car is brand new
    • jeg er helt utkjørt I'm completely worn out
    • vente seg noe helt annet to expect something completely different
    • temperaturen var helt nede i –30 °C the temperature was all the way down to –30 °C

Set phrasesFaste uttrykk

det hele alt sammen the whole thing
  • hun var den drivende kraften bak det hele she was the driving force behind it all
en hel del nokså mye eller mange quite a lot, quite a few Eng. phrasea good deal
fullt og helt fullstendig, aldeles;
fullt utwholly, entirely completely, utterly;
wholly, entirelyfullt ut
  • satse fullt og helt på musikken to commit oneself entirely to music
hel ved
  1. massivt tre solid wood
    • sjekk om det er laminat eller hel ved check whether it's laminate or solid wood
  2. helstøpt (2)well-rounded, solid (4)dependable person eller produkt a well-roundedhelstøpt (2), dependablesolid (4) person or product Eng. phrasethe real deal
    • hun er hel ved she's the genuine article
hel vegg vegg uten dør eller vindu a wall without a door or window Eng. phrasea blank wall
hele tall tall som ikke er brøker numbers that are not fractions Eng. phrasewhole numbers
helt gjennom fullt utcompletely, fullt og heltutterly completelyfullt ut, utterlyfullt og helt Eng. phrasethrough and through
  • det ble en helt gjennom vellykket kveld it was a thoroughly successful evening
helt ut fullt utcompletely, fullt og heltwholly and entirely completelyfullt ut, wholly and entirelyfullt og helt
  • dette er helt ut tilfredsstillende this is entirely satisfactory
i det hele tatt
  1. på mange måter;
    stort sett;
    i det store og heleon the whole     in many ways;
    mostly, by and large;
    on the wholei det store og hele     Eng. phraseall in all
    • det skjer i det hele tatt mye spennende for tiden generally, there's a lot of exciting stuff going on at the moment
  2. i nektende uttrykk: på noen måte in negative expressions: in any way Eng. phraseat all
    • hun angret ikke i det hele tatt she didn't regret it at all
i det store og hele for det meste;
til sammen;
alt i altall in all, on the whole · in total, stort settby and large for the most part;
altogether;
all in allalt i alt, by and largestort sett Eng. phraseon the whole
  • i det store og hele var festen en suksess on the whole, the party was a success