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beskrive

verbverb

to describe · to depict

PronunciationUttale

beskriˊve

EtymologyOpphav

fra lavtysk from Low German

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. omhandleto deal with · to be about · to cover;
    framstilleto depict, to portray · to produce, to manufacture, skildreto depict · to portray · to describe
    to deal withomhandle;
    to portrayframstille, to depictskildre
    • han beskrev turen detaljert he described the trip in detail
    • kan du beskrive ransmennene? can you describe the robbers?
    • romanen beskriver livet i en norsk fjellbygd the novel portrays life in a Norwegian mountain village
    • det kan ikke beskrives it defies description
  2. bevege seg i en figur to move along a geometric figure
    • planetene beskriver elliptiske baner the planets describe elliptical orbits
  3. brukt som adjektiv: som er skrevet på used as an adjective: written on
    • et beskrevet stykke papir a piece of paper with writing on it