anelse

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

ane +‎ -else, verbal noun form of ane (“guess, sense; suspect”), from Low German anen. Last part from West Germanic loanwords, from Middle Low German -nisse, from Old Saxon -nissi, from Proto-West Germanic *-nassī (forms abstract nouns), from *-nass, from Proto-Germanic *-inassuz + *-ī, from Proto-Germanic *-į̄, from Proto-Indo-European *-i-h₂, from *-h₂ (creates collective nouns).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːnəlsə/

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• Rhymes: -əlsə
• Hyphenation: an‧el‧se

Noun

anelse m (definite singular anelsen, indefinite plural anelser, definite plural anelsene)

1. the act of guessing, sensing, suspecting; a clue, idea

   Synonyms: anen, aning

   ikke ha anelse om; ha ingen anelse om ― have no idea about; have no knowledge of

   • 1888, Henrik Ibsen, Fruen fra havet, page 68:

     det har ofte skudt op i mig som en anelse

     It has often shot up in me as a clue

   • 1907, Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Samlede Digterverker II, page 37:

     saaledes daler i dit varme indre en himmelsk anelse

     Thus, in your warm inner a celestial clue

   • 1880, Jonas Lie, Rutland, page 219:

     det var, som noget trykkede hende … en eller anden tung anelse

     It was, as something pressed her ... some kind of heavy sense

   • 1907, Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Samlede Digterverker III, page 122:

     kunsten … løser smilende af tvilens aag, hvad der er gjemt som anelse hos folket

     The art ... solves smiling of doubt and, what is hidden as sense with the people

   • 1926, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Samlede Digte II, page 184:

     i fineste anelsens støvfrø

     in the finest sense's dust seed

   • 1926, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Samlede Digte II, page 206:

     en ny verden, dit, deres anelse stod

     a new world, there, their idea stood

   • 1919, Nils Collett Vogt, Digte i utvalg, page 118:

     utenfor templet i anelsers vaar du stod

     you stood outside the temple in our wondering

   • 1994, Knut Hamsun, Knut Hamsuns brev I, page 100:

     Ibsen har geniale anelser, han har allerede i «Kejser og Galilæer» antydet noget om et «tredje Rige»

     Ibsen has ingenious suspicions, he has already in "Emperor and Galileans" suggested something about a "third Kingdom"

   • 2000, Karin Sveen, Klassereise:

     jeg hadde en viss anelse om den klassiske musikkens betydning for å bli et dannet menneske

     I had some idea of the significance of classical music for becoming an educated human being

   • 2000, Trude Marstein, Plutselig høre noen åpne en dør:

     Tonje har ingen anelse om hva jeg snakker om

     Tonje has no idea what I'm talking about

   • 1928, Helge Krog, Blåpapiret, page 27:

     du har altså ingen anelse om hvem det er?

     so you have no idea who it is?

   • 1909, Henrik Ibsen, Efterladte Skrifter I, page 386:

     han har ikke den fjerneste anelse om, at vi er forlovede

     he does not have the faintest idea that we are engaged

   • 2003, Thorvald Steen, Fra Reykholt til Bosporus:

     jeg [har] opplevd folk si at man ikke hadde anelse om at jødene ble deportert til konsentrasjonsleirene

     I experienced people say that they had no idea that the Jews were deported to the concentration camps

2. a very weak occurrence (of something)
   • 1903, Otto Sverdrup, Nyt Land I, page 83:

     vi [kunne] se en svag lysning paa de høieste fjelde, en anelse af dæmring i syd

     we see a faint clearing on the highest mountains, a hint of twilight in the south

   • 2000, Trude Marstein, Plutselig høre noen åpne en dør:

     jeg tror han himler en anelse med øynene

     I think he rolls his eyes a little

   • 2006, Torbjørn Færøvik, Buddhas barn:

     smaken [på risvinen] er rund og en anelse søtlig

     the taste is round and slightly sweet

References

• “anelse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “anelse” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Anagrams

• lasene, salene, selena