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tøv

noun neutersubstantiv intetkjønn

nonsense, rubbish · twaddle

EtymologyOpphav

av tøveto talk nonsense, to talk rubbish · to dawdle · to felt (wool) from tøveto talk nonsense, to talk rubbish · to dawdle · to felt (wool)

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

toskete påfunn;
sludder, tull, tøys;
usannhet
foolish notions;
nonsense, rubbish, twaddle;
untruth
  • prate tøv og tull to talk rubbish and nonsense
  • dere må slutte med dette tøvet you have to stop this nonsense
  • dette er jo det reneste tøv this is sheer nonsense
  • det var aldri noe tøv med han there was never any nonsense about him