synge

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

1. frambringe toner med stemmen, særlig slik at de blir til en melodi med ord to produce notes with the voice, especially so that they form a melody with words
   • synge en sang to sing a song
   • de synger i et kor they sing in a choir
   • alle sang med everyone sang along
   • de synger falskt they sing out of tune
   • han har gått og sunget i flere år he has been singing for several years
   • jeg går og synger på en barnesang I keep singing a children's song to myself
   • vi skal synge julen inn we are going to usher in Christmas with song
2. lage lyder som minner om sang to make sounds resembling singing
   • fuglene sang the birds were singing
   • gresshoppene sang langs veikanten the grasshoppers were chirping along the roadside
   • jeg synes nordlendingene synger slik når de snakker I think people from northern Norway sing like that when they talk
3. klinge (II, 1)to ring, gjalleto resound, to echo, to ring out;
   smelle (III, 1)to bang to ringklinge (II, 1), to resoundgjalle;
   to bangsmelle (III, 1)
   • det sang i stålet når hammeren traff the steel rang when the hammer struck
4. suse (1)to rush, klukke (3)to gurgle to rushsuse (1), to gurgleklukke (3)
   • bekken synger i sommerkvelden the brook sings in the summer evening
   • det suste og sang for ørene there was a rushing and singing in his ears
5. dikte (1)to write poetry to write poetrydikte (1)
   • naturen som dikteren synger om the nature that the poet sings of

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