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Norwegian Bokmål
Determiner
den og den m or f (neuter singular det og det)
- various determined but not specified; such-and-such
Pronoun
den og den
- various determined but not specified people; a placeholder or generic person; a so-and-so
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Determiner
den og den m or f (neuter singular det og det, plural dei og dei)
- various determined but not specified; such-and-such
1990, Svein Versto, Ho blei borte i trappene, Oslo: Samlaget, page 82:[dei] diskuterte prisen på den og den bilen- discussed the prises of the cars
1935, O.K. Vassbakke, Skulehagen, Oslo: Samlaget, page 38:Ein må føra bok over kven som har pota og okulert det og det treet.- One should write a log over who has inoculated which tree.
1928, Peter Hognestad, “Kristkyrkja i Bjørgvin”, in Andreas Barsnes, editor, Kristkyrkja og Kongegravene pá Holmen, page 30:Her var dei og dei kongarne gravlagde.- This was the burial site of king such-and-such.
- (literally, “Here were those and those kings buried.”)
Pronoun
den og den
- various determined but not specified people; a placeholder or generic person; a so-and-so
1989, Edvard Hoem, Til ungdomen: Nordahl Griegs liv, Oslo: Gyldendal, page 317:den og den må låne pengar av den og den- so-and-so has to borrow money from so-and-so