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Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
avslutta
- inflection of avslutte:
- simple past
- past participle
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from Norwegian Bokmål avslutte, from Danish afslutte, a compound word of af (“off”) and slutte (“close, conclude, finish”), probably a loan-translation from Middle Low German (compare German abschließen). Compare to Swedish avsluta.
Verb
avslutta (present tense avsluttar, past tense avslutta, past participle avslutta, present participle avsluttande, imperative avslutt)
- to finish, end
- Dei valde å avslutta forholdet.
- They chose to end the relationship.
- Gudstenesta vart avslutta med stille bønn.
- The (church) service was concluded with a silent prayer.
- Lauparen starta roleg men avslutta med ein kjempespurt.
- The runner started out slowly but finished with a huge spurt.
- complete, to close (shut down, bring to a state of completion)
- Endeleg fekk dei avslutta handelen.
- They finally closed the deal.
- Korleis avsluttar ein dette programmet?
- How do you close this program?
Synonyms
- (finish, end) avrunda, enda, koma sist, runda av, saldera
- (complete, close) bli ferdig med, fullenda, fullbyrda, leggja siste hand på, bringa i hamn
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