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derimot

adverbadverb

however · on the other hand · on the contrary

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

brukt for å uttrykke en motsetning til noe annet used to express a contrast with something else
  • jeg er ikke nervøs, derimot gleder jeg meg I am not nervous, on the contrary I am looking forward to it
  • hun hadde mørkt hår. Broren, derimot, var lyshåret she had dark hair. Her brother, on the other hand, was fair-haired
  • han fikk A i matematikk. Norsken strever han derimot mer med he got an A in mathematics. Norwegian, however, he struggles with more