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undergang

noun masculinesubstantiv hankjønn

downfall, ruin, destruction · an underpass

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. det å gå til grunne;
    fortapelse (2)ruin, utslettelseannihilation     the act of perishing;
    ruinfortapelse (2), annihilationutslettelse
    • møte en brå undergang to meet a sudden end
    • det kan virke som undergangen er nær it may seem as though the end of the world is near
    • skandalen ble hans undergang the scandal was his downfall
  2. gang under trafikkert gate, jernbane eller lignende a passage under a busy street, railway or the like
    • møtes ved undergangen to meet at the underpass
    • sykle gjennom undergangen to cycle through the underpass

Set phrasesFaste uttrykk

verdens undergang
  1. det at verden, jorda og menneskeheten blir utslettet the annihilation of the world, the earth and humankind Eng. phrasethe end of the world
    • spå verdens undergang to predict the end of the world
    • tror du på verdens undergang? do you believe in the end of the world?
  2. brukt for å overdrive de negative virkningene av en omstendighet used to exaggerate the negative effects of a circumstance Eng. phrasethe end of the world
    • et lite skrubbsår er ikke verdens undergang a little graze is not the end of the world
    • men det er vel ikke verdens undergang om vi kommer litt for sent? but it's hardly the end of the world if we're a bit late, is it?