overgang

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

1. sted der en kan komme seg over en vei, en jernbane og annet a place where one can get across a road, a railway and the like
   as a suffix in words such as:som etterledd i ord som fjelloverganga mountain pass, fotgjengeroverganga pedestrian crossing (or footbridge)
2. stedet der unnarennet går over i sletta the point where the landing slope passes into the flat
   • hopperen var ustø i overgangen the jumper was unsteady over the transition
3. fortsatt reise med annet tog, annen buss eller lignende continued travel on another train, bus or the like
   • billetten gir rett til fri overgang fra trikk til buss the ticket entitles you to a free transfer from tram to bus
4. det å gå over til noe annet the act of going over to something else
   • hennes overgang til katolisismen her conversion to Catholicism
   • overgang fra skole til arbeidsliv the transition from school to working life
5. kortvarig, forbigående tilstand;
   mellomstadium a short-lived, temporary state;
   an intermediate stage
   • overgangen mellom romantikk og realisme the transition between Romanticism and Realism
   • det er bare en overgang it's only a passing phase