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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse dikt, from a Middle Low German noun derived from dichten, "to compose (a poem)" (compare dikte).
Noun
dikt n (definite singular diktet, indefinite plural dikt, definite plural dikta or diktene)
- poem (literary piece written in verse)
- Å hamre ut et dikt er en slags gullsmedkunst. (Rolf Jacobsen)
- To forge a poem is a kind of smith craft. (literally: "to forge a poem is a kind of goldsmith craft")
- fiction, pack of lies, invention (compare dikte opp)
Er dette dikt eller sannhet?- Is this fiction or truth?
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse dikt, from a Middle Low German noun derived from dichten, "to compose, authour (a poem)" (compare dikte).
Noun
dikt n (definite singular diktet, indefinite plural dikt, definite plural dikta)
- poem (literary piece written in verse)
- Diktet er ei lita forteljing, men rommet er viktigare enn tidsforløpet. (Jan Erik Vold)
- The poem is a little story, but space matters more than lapse of time.
- fiction, pack of lies, invention (compare dikte opp)
Er dette dikt eller sannhet?- Is this fiction or truth?
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Etymology 2
From Middle Low German (compare Dutch dicht).
Adverb
dikt
- close
Dei stod dikt attmed kvarandre.- They stood close to each other.
- really, indeed, truly, very
Det fjellet er dikt høgt.- That mountain truly is very tall.
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Old Norse
Etymology
From a Middle Low German noun derived from dichten, "to compose, author (a poem)" (compare dikta).
Noun
dikt n
- a poem
- At þú lærir hann þínu dikti ok letri.
- That you teach him the art of writing and composing. (literally: "that you learn him your poems and letters")
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Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse dikt, from a Middle Low German noun derived from dichten, "to compose, author (a poem)".
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Noun
dikt c
- poem (literary piece written in verse)
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