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artig

adjectiveadjektiv

fun · amusing · curious

EtymologyOpphav

av tysk artig opprinnelig ‘av god art’ from German artig, originally ‘of a good kind’

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. interessantinteresting;
    hyggelignice · pleasant, lovely · friendly, likeable, morsomfunny · fun · enjoyable
    interestinginteressant;
    pleasanthyggelig, funmorsom
    • ha det artig to have fun
    • så artig! what fun!
    • det hadde vært artig å prøve noe nytt it would be fun to try something new
    • en artig kar an amusing chap
  2. rarstrange · odd, snodigpeculiar;
    uvanligunusual, uncommon · unusually (as an intensifier)
    strangerar, peculiarsnodig;
    unusualuvanlig
    • en artig skapning a curious creature