omkring

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

1. i ring rundt around, in a circle
   • sitte omkring bordet to sit around the table
   • ta omkring noen to put one's arms around someone
2. i forbindelse med in connection with
   • gjøre seg tanker omkring et emne to reflect on a subject
3. utenom around, skirting
   • snakke omkring selve problemet to talk around the real problem
4. nære ved;
   om lag close to;
   approximately, roughly
   • det var omkring 0° it was around 0°
   • omkring år 1900 around the year 1900
5. brukt som adverb: rundt (til alle kanter) used as an adverb: around (in every direction)
   • se seg omkring to look around
   • gå omkring i byen to walk around town
   • slikt skjer aldri her omkring that sort of thing never happens around here