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prege

verbverb

to mark · to shape · to mint

EtymologyOpphav

fra tysk; beslektet med brekke (II)to break · to snap · to lay out pages from German; related to brekke (II)to break · to snap · to lay out pages

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. sette sitt preg på;
    forme;
    jamfør pregetvisibly marked, affected, shaken
    to leave one's mark on;
    to shape;
    compare pregetvisibly marked, affected, shaken
    • være med og prege arbeidsmiljøet to help shape the working environment
    • ansiktet var preget av motgang og slit his face was marked by hardship and toil
    • tapet av datteren preger dem fremdeles the loss of their daughter still leaves its mark on them
    • skandalen har preget nyhetsbildet de siste ukene the scandal has dominated the news over the past few weeks
  2. mynte (II)to mint, to coin;
    stemple (1)to stamp
    to mintmynte (II);
    to stampstemple (1)
    • prege mynter to mint coins