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ståke

verbverb

EtymologyOpphav

kanskje av lavtysk stoken ‘stikke, støte’ perhaps from Low German stoken ‘to poke, to thrust’

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. holde leven;
    bråke (II, 1)to make a noise, støyeto make a din
    to kick up a row;
    to make a noisebråke (II, 1), to make a dinstøye
    • ungene ståket utenfor the children were making a racket outside
  2. ha det travelt;
    streve (1)to work hard
    to be busy;
    to work hardstreve (1)
    • ha mye å ståke med to have a lot on one's hands