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Middle English

Etymology 1

Verb

drepe

Alternative form of drepen (“to strike”)

Etymology 2

Verb

drepe

Alternative form of drepen (“to drop”)

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")
To ruin, strain, extinguish, kill. (of persons)
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.

Synonyms

to kill, murder

to strain, stab, ruin

Derived terms

Related terms

drap

References

“drepe” in The Ordnett Dictionary
“drepe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [²drɛːpə]

Etymology 1

Verb

drepe (present tense drep, past tense drap, supine drepe, past participle drepen, present participle drepande, imperative drep)

e-infinitive form of drepa

Related terms

drap

Etymology 2

From Old Norse drepit, past participle neuter of drepa, whence also Norwegian Nynorsk drepa.

Verb

drepe

past participle of drepa

References

“drepe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Alternative forms

drype

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

IPA^(key): /ˈdre.pe/

Noun

drepe m

a stroke, deathblow
a slaying
a violent death

Declension

Strong i-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	drepe	drepas
accusative	drepe	drepas
genitive	drepes	drepa
dative	drepe	drepum

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 # {{alt form|enm|drepen|t=to drop|id=to drop}}
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 ==Norwegian Bokmål==
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 {{head|nb|verb|imperative|drep|present tense|dreper|passive|drepes|simple past|drepte|past participle|drept|present participle|drepende}}
-# To {{l|en|kill}}, to {{l|en|murder}}.
+# To [[kill]], to [[murder]].
 #: ''Hun er mistenkt for å ha '''drept''' faren sin.''
 #:: ''She is suspected of having killed her father.''
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 #: ''Den '''drepte''' var 40 år gammel.''
 #:: ''The victim was 40 years old.'' (literally: "the killed was 40 years old")
-# {{q|about persons}} To [[ruin]], [[strain]], [[extinguish]], [[kill]].
+# To [[ruin]], [[strain]], [[extinguish]], [[kill]]. {{q|of persons}}
 #: ''Den evinnelige masingen din har '''drept''' arbeidslysten min!''
 #:: ''Your constant nagging has ruined my zeal for work!''
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 * {{R:Ordnett}}
 * {{R:The Bokmål Dictionary}}
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 ==Norwegian Nynorsk==
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 ===References===
 * {{R:The Nynorsk Dictionary}}
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 ==Old English==