drepe
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse drepa (“to stab, hit”), compare Dutch and German treffen and English drub.
Verb
drepe (imperative drep, present tense dreper, passive drepes, simple past drepte, past participle drept, present participle drepende)
- to kill, to murder
- Hun er mistenkt for å ha drept faren sin.
- She is suspected of having killed her father.
- En person ble drept og to alvorlig såret i en bilulykke.
- One person was killed and two were seriously injured in a car accident.
- Den drepte var 40 år gammel.
- The victim was 40 years old. (literally: "the killed was 40 years old")
- Hun er mistenkt for å ha drept faren sin.
- (about persons) to ruin, strain, extinguish, kill
- Den evinnelige masingen din har drept arbeidslysten min!
- Your constant nagging has ruined my zeal for work!
- Den filmen var drepende kjedelig!
- That film was incredibly boring! (literally: "that film was killingly boring")
- Da du sa de ordene, drepte du følelsene hennes.
- When you said those words, you killed her feelings.
- Den evinnelige masingen din har drept arbeidslysten min!
Synonyms
- to kill, murder
- to strain, stab, ruin
Derived terms
Related terms
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Norse drepa (“to stab, hit”), compare German and Dutch treffen and English drub.
Pronunciation
Verb
drepe (present tense drep, past tense drap, past participle drepe, passive infinitive drepast, present participle drepande, imperative drep)
- to kill, to murder
- Ho er mistenkt for å ha drepe faren sin.
- She is suspected of having killed her father.
- Ein person vart drepen og to alvorleg såra i ei bilulukke.
- One person was killed and two were seriously injured in a car accident.
- Den drepne var 40 år gammal.
- The victim was 40 years old. (literally: "the killed was 40 years old")
- Ho er mistenkt for å ha drepe faren sin.
- (about persons) to ruin, strain, extinguish, kill
- Den evinnelege masinga di har drepe arbeidslysta mi!
- Your constant nagging has ruined my zeal for work!
- Den filmen var drepande keisam!
- That film was incredibly boring! (literally: "that film was killingly boring")
- Da du sa dei orda, drap du kjenslene hennar.
- When you said those words, you killed her feelings.
- Den evinnelege masinga di har drepe arbeidslysta mi!
Synonyms
- to kill, murder
- to strain, stab, ruin
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- “drepe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *drapiz (“strike, blow, deathblow”), from Proto-Germanic *drepaną (“to strike, slay, kill”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrebʰ- (“to crush, grind, kill”). Akin to Old Norse drep (“blow, deathblow”), Old Norse dráp (“deathblow”), Middle High German tref (“a strike, hit”), Old English drepan (“to kill”).
Pronunciation
Noun
drepe m
Declension
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