miste

verbverb

to lose · to miss

EtymologyOpphav

norrønt mist, av misse; i betydingen ‘komme for sent’ etter engelsk Old Norse mist, from misse; in the sense ‘to arrive too late’, after English

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

ikke lenger ha;
rote bort, tape to no longer have;
to mislay, to lose
- miste nøklene to lose one's keys
- miste håret to lose one's hair
- miste synet to lose one's sight
- miste foreldrene sine to lose one's parents
- miste håpet to lose hope
- miste oversikten to lose track
- vi har ingen tid å miste we have no time to lose
- de mister motet they lose heart
- de mistet alt de eide i brannen they lost everything they owned in the fire
- tre personer har mistet livet three people have lost their lives
komme for sent til to arrive too late for
- miste bussen to miss the bus

Set phrasesFaste uttrykk

miste munn og mæle bli stum;
ikke få fram et ord to be struck dumb;
to be unable to get a word out Eng. phraseto be left speechless

miste seg selv tape eller svekke egen personlighet eller identitet to lose or weaken one's own personality or identity Eng. phraseto lose one's sense of self