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selvstendig, sjølstendig

adjectiveadjektiv

independent · self-employed

EtymologyOpphav

etter tysk selbständig, opprinnelig ‘som står, består for seg selv’ after German selbständig, originally 'that stands, exists on its own'

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. som tenker og handler uten å rette seg etter andre;
    som selv bestemmer;
    fri, uavhengig, ubundet     who thinks and acts without deferring to others;
    who makes their own decisions;
    free, independent, unconstrained
    • en selvstendig stat an independent state
    • jeg er blitt en mer selvstendig person I have become a more independent person
    brukt som adverb: used as an adverb:
    • tenke selvstendig to think for oneself
  2. original (II, 2)original originaloriginal (II, 2)
    • han stod fram som en selvstendig forfatter he emerged as a writer with a voice of his own
    • de har knapt tenkt en selvstendig tanke they have hardly had a thought of their own
  3. som driver på egen hånd eller for egen regning who operates on their own or on their own account
    • hun er selvstendig næringsdrivende she is self-employed