kjøre

verbverb

to drive · to go, to travel by vehicle · to run, to operate

EtymologyOpphav

norrønt keyra Old Norse keyra

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

styre kjøretøy, maskin eller lignende to drive a vehicle, machine or the like
- lære å kjøre bil to learn to drive a car
- kjøre gravemaskin to operate a digger
- kjøre hundespann to drive a dog sled
- kjøre utfor veien to go off the road
- de kjører snøskuteren til hytta they take the snowmobile up to the cabin
- skipperen kjørte båten langsomt inn i havna the skipper took the boat slowly into the harbour
frakte eller skysse med et kjøretøy to transport or convey by vehicle
- kjøre tømmer to haul timber
- kan du kjøre meg hjem? can you drive me home?
om kjøretøy: være i fart;
gå (6)to run, trafikkere (1)to serve a route of a vehicle: to be in motion;
to rungå (6), to serve a routetrafikkere (1)
- bussen kjører hver dag the bus goes every day
reise eller forflytte seg med et kjøretøy to travel or get about by vehicle
- kjøre forbi to drive past
- kjøre med toget to travel by train
- skal vi kjøre eller gå? shall we drive or walk?
- vi kjørte ti mil den dagen we covered a hundred kilometres that day
holde i gang;
drive (III, 4)to operate to keep going;
to operatedrive (III, 4)
- smelteverket kjører tre skift the smelting plant runs three shifts
- kjøre på for fullt to go flat out
sette i gang;
gjennomføreto carry out · to see through, to complete to set going;
to carry throughgjennomføre
- kjøre en film to show a film
- operativsystemet gjør det mulig å kjøre programmer på maskinen the operating system makes it possible to run programs on the machine
- de kjører forestillingen annenhver uke they put the show on every other week
renne (III, 2)to slide down, ake (2)to toboggan to slide downrenne (III, 2), to tobogganake (2)
- kjøre slalåm to ski slalom
- kjøre på rattkjelke to ride a steerable sledge
støte (1)to thrust, stikke (II, 1)to stick to thruststøte (1), to stickstikke (II, 1)
- kjøre kniven i noe to drive the knife into something
- kjøre noe fast to wedge something fast
skubbe (1)to shove, kaste (II, 1)to throw to shoveskubbe (1), to throwkaste (II, 1)
- kjøre noen på hodet ut to chuck someone out head first

Set phrasesFaste uttrykk

kjøre hardt

presse en motor opp i høy ytelse to push an engine to high output Eng. phraseto run an engine hard
drive noen hardt;
oppdra to drive someone hard;
to bring up strictly Eng. phraseto be hard on someone

kjøre i seg sluke mat eller drikke to gulp down food or drink Eng. phraseto wolf down

kjøre inn

ta i bruk noe nytt og få det til å fungere;
jamfør innkjøring (3)running in to take something new into use and get it working;
compare innkjøring (3)running in Eng. phraseto break in
- kjøre inn den nye bilen to run in the new car
hente inn et forsprang;
nå igjen to make up a lead;
to catch up with Eng. phraseto make up ground
- hun kjørte inn en annen skiløper i utforkjøringen she caught another skier in the downhill
- kjøre inn igjen en forsinkelse to make up for a delay

kjøre noe i grøfta ødelegge noe;
vanstyre to ruin something;
to mismanage Eng. phraseto run something into the ground

de kjørte bedriften i grøfta they ran the company into the ground

kjøre opp

gjøre vei kjørbar;
brøyte to make a road driveable;
to plough (snow)
- de kjørte opp veien før påske they cleared the road before Easter
ta sertifikat to get one's driving licence Eng. phraseto take one's driving test

kjøre over ta luven frato take the wind out of someone's sails;
valse over/nedto ride roughshod over to take the wind out of someone's sailsta luven fra;
to ride roughshod overvalse over/ned Eng. phraseto steamroller someone

kjøre seg fast bli stående, ikke komme lenger;
komme opp i store vanskeligheter to come to a standstill, to get no further;
to land in serious difficulties Eng. phraseto get stuck

komme ut å kjøre komme ut i vansker to run into difficulties Eng. phraseto get into trouble