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begå

verbverb

to commit (a crime or other wrongful act) · to make (a mistake), to do (something foolish)

PronunciationUttale

begåˊ

EtymologyOpphav

fra lavtysk ‘gå hen til’ from Low German ‘to go over to’

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

gjøre seg skyldig i;
utøve;
utføre
to make oneself guilty of;
to perpetrate;
to carry out
  • begå selvmord to commit suicide
  • begå en dumhet to do something stupid
  • folk som begår straffbare handlinger people who commit criminal acts
  • rusavhengige som begår kriminalitet drug addicts who commit crimes
  • hun begikk den feilen at hun stolte på ham she made the mistake of trusting him