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begge

determiner quantifierdeterminativ kvantor

both

EtymologyOpphav

norrønt beggja, genitiv av báðir Old Norse beggja, genitive of báðir

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

brukt om to (personer, ting, begreper) for å uttrykke at de er omtalt sammen, eller at de naturlig hører sammen used about two (people, things, concepts) to express that they are spoken of together, or that they naturally belong together
  • begge foreldrene both parents
  • ha vondt i begge armene to have pain in both arms
  • på begge sider av gata on both sides of the street
  • de gikk begge to they both went
  • hun var med begge gangene she came along both times
  • det var i begges interesse it was in the interests of both
  • begge deler er rett both are right