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skilles

verbverb

to part · to get divorced · to be separated

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. gå fra hverandre;
    avslutte forbindelse
    to part, to go separate ways;
    to end a relationship
    • skilles som gode venner to part as good friends
    • de to kan ikke skilles at the two cannot be separated
    • så skiltes våre veier and so our paths parted
  2. oppløse ekteskap;
    skille seg (2)to divorce
    to dissolve a marriage;
    to divorceskille seg (2)
    • de skiltes etter ti års ekteskap they divorced after ten years of marriage
  3. bli delt;
    skille fra hverandre
    to be divided;
    to be separated from one another
    • punktene skilles med blanke linjer the items are separated by blank lines
    • kornet skilles fra agnet the wheat is separated from the chaff