avslutta

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

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avslutta

  1. inflection of avslutte:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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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

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avslutta (present tense avsluttar, past tense avslutta, past participle avslutta, present participle avsluttande, imperative avslutt)

  1. 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.
  2. 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?

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