hete homograph 3
verbverbto be called · to be named
InflectionVis bøyning
EtymologyOpphav
norrønt heita Old Norse heitaSenses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk
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ha som navn
to have as one's name
- jeg heter Leah, hva heter du? my name is Leah, what's yours?
- han heter Christian etter bestefaren he is named Christian after his grandfather
- hva het firmaet du arbeidet for? what was the name of the company you worked for?
- hovedstaden i Norge heter Oslo the capital of Norway is called Oslo
- det fjellet der heter Svartkollen that mountain over there is called Svartkollen
- avisen heter Nordlys the newspaper is called Nordlys
- det er så sant som jeg heter Eva that is as true as my name is Eva
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kalles (2)to be called
to be calledkalles (2)
- det er noe som heter anstendighet there is such a thing as decency
- det er ikke noe som heter gidder ikke, kom igjen! there's no such thing as 'can't be bothered', come on!
- være levende interessert i alt som heter teater og ballett to be passionately interested in anything to do with theatre and ballet
- hun kan ikke eie det som heter samvittighet she doesn't have a shred of conscience
- sykdommen tappet meg for alt som heter energi the illness drained me of every last bit of energy
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ha som (korrekt) språklig betegnelse
to have as its (correct) term
- hva heter det på norsk? what is it called in Norwegian?
- det heter ‘nitid’, ikke ‘nitidig’ it is nitid 'meticulous', not nitidig
Set phrasesFaste uttrykk
hete seg
bli sagt
to be said
Eng. phraseword has it
- det heter seg at han dro til Amerika it is said that he went off to America
som det heter
som det blir kalt;
som det ofte blir sagt as it is called;
as people so often put it Eng. phraseas the saying goes
som det ofte blir sagt as it is called;
as people so often put it Eng. phraseas the saying goes
- hun er designer, som det heter she's a designer, as they call it
- ærlighet varer lengst, som det heter honesty is the best policy, as the saying goes