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narre

verbverb

to fool, to trick, to deceive

EtymologyOpphav

fra tysk; jamfør narrfool · jester (in earlier times) · mockery from German; compare narrfool · jester (in earlier times) · mockery

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

lure (I, 5)to trick, bedra (1)to defraud, bløffeto bluff · to make things up, to talk big to tricklure (I, 5), to defraudbedra (1), to bluffbløffe
  • narre noen til å gjøre noe to fool someone into doing something

Set phrasesFaste uttrykk

narre april fortelle en usann historie 1. april to tell an untrue story on 1 April Eng. phraseto play an April Fool's joke
  • å narre april er en gammel skikk playing April Fool's jokes is an old custom