heller II homograph 2

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

1. brukt som komparativ (I)the comparative til gjernegladly · by all means · usually: med større lyst;
   jamfør helst (1)preferably used as the comparativekomparativ (I) of gjernegladly · by all means · usually: with greater willingness;
   compare helst (1)preferably
   • jeg vil heller spasere enn å kjøre det lille stykket I'd rather walk than drive that short distance
   • jeg liker ikke øl, jeg tar heller vann I don't like beer, I'd rather have water
   • heller dø enn leve i ufrihet better to die than to live without freedom
2. med større grunn;
   snarere, rettere (III, 6)more directly with greater reason;
   sooner, more directlyrettere (III, 6)
   • nei, så får vi heller finne på noe annet no, then we'll have to come up with something else instead
   • vi går heller dit let's go there instead
   • det var heller lyst enn mørkt it was light rather than dark
3. noksåfairly, rather · quite, temmeligrather · fairly · pretty fairlynokså, rathertemmelig
   • det ble heller sent it got rather late
   • det var heller kaldt it was rather cold
   • påstanden var heller tvilsom the claim was rather dubious
4. ved nekting: på samme måten, like lite used in negation: in the same way, just as little
   • jeg vil ikke dit. Nei, ikke jeg heller I don't want to go there. No, me neither
   • kan du ikke lese heller? can't you read either?
   • sønnen er heller ikke noe geni the son isn't a genius either
   • vi fikk det vi hadde krav på, men heller ikke mer we got what we were entitled to, but no more than that
5. likevelnevertheless · after all · anyway, enda (II, 4)nonetheless after alllikevel, nonethelessenda (II, 4)
   • det er da ikke så ille heller it's not that bad after all

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