mareritt

noun neutersubstantiv intetkjønn

a nightmare

EtymologyOpphav

av marea mare (a folk-belief spirit that sits on a sleeper) og ritta cycle race · a ride, a ride on horseback from marea mare (a folk-belief spirit that sits on a sleeper) and ritta cycle race · a ride, a ride on horseback

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

vond drøm a bad dream
- få mareritt om natta to have nightmares at night
uhyggelig tilstand eller opplevelse a dreadful situation or experience
- krigens mareritt the nightmare of the war
- den reisen var et eneste mareritt that journey was one long nightmare