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oppvekst

noun masculinesubstantiv hankjønn

upbringing · childhood · growing up

EtymologyOpphav

norrønt uppvǫxtr Old Norse uppvǫxtr

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. det å vokse opp the process of growing up
  2. tid da en vokser opp;
    barne- og ungdomsår
    the time when one is growing up;
    childhood and adolescence
    • i oppveksten var hun plaget av stadig hodepine in her childhood she was troubled by constant headaches