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observere

verbverb

to observe · to spot

EtymologyOpphav

fra latin observare ‘iaktta, gi akt på’ from Latin observare ‘to watch, to pay attention to’

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. holde øye med;
    iaktta
    to keep an eye on;
    to observe
    • observere et fremmed fly på radaren to observe a foreign aircraft on the radar
    • vaktene sitter for det meste og observerer the guards mostly just sit and watch
    • i går morges var politiet til stede og observerte trafikken på motorvei yesterday morning the police were present, observing the traffic on the motorway
  2. legge merke til;
    registrere
    to notice;
    to register
    • bli observert på åstedet to be spotted at the scene of the crime
    • de observerte elg langs veien they spotted a moose along the road
    • naboene har observert at det sjelden er folk i huset the neighbours have noticed that there is rarely anyone in the house