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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Adjective
kvitt
- neuter singular of kvit
Etymology 2
From Old Norse kvittr.
Adjective
kvitt (indeclinable)
- være / bli kvitt - be rid of (something)
- all square, quits
Etymology 3
Verb
kvitt
- imperative of kvitte
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Adjective
kvitt n
- neuter singular of kvit
Etymology 2
From Old Norse kvittr.
Adjective
kvitt (indeclinable)
- vere / bli kvitt - be rid of (something)
- all square, quits
References
Swedish
Etymology 1
Derived from Middle Low German quit, from Old French quitte, from Medieval Latin quitus, from Latin quiētus.
Adjective
kvitt (not comparable)
- (with bli) get rid of, shake off
Jag hoppas jag blir kvitt förkylningen snart- I hope I shake this cold soon
- (with vara) be rid of
Skönt att äntligen vara kvitt förkylningen- Nice to finally be rid of the cold
- to be even, to be quits
Jag slog dig, och du slog mig, så nu är vi kvitt- I hit you, and you hit me, so now we're even
Här är pengarna jag lånade. Vi är kvitt nu, eller hur?- Here's the money I borrowed. We're quits now, right?
Etymology 2
Back-formation from kvittra.
Interjection
kvitt
- tweet (representing bird singing)
- Synonyms: kviddevitt, kvivitt
"Kvitt kvitt!" kvittrar fågeln- "Tweet tweet!" tweets the bird
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