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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From {{etyl|non|nn}} {{m|non|drepa||to stab, hit}}, compare German and Dutch {{m|de|treffen}} and English {{m|en|drub}}.
From {{etyl|non|nn}} {{m|non|drepa||to stab, hit}}, compare German and Dutch {{m|de|treffen}} and English {{m|en|drub}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|/²dreːpə/|lang=no}}


===Verb===
===Verb===

Revision as of 00:33, 5 March 2017

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse drepa (“to stab, hit”), compare German and Dutch treffen and English drub.

Verb

drepe (imperative drep, present tense dreper, passive drepes, simple past drepte, past participle drept, present participle drepende)

  1. 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")
  2. (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.

Synonyms

to kill, murder

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to strain, stab, ruin

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Derived terms

References

  • “drepe” in The Ordnett Dictionary
  • “drepe” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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)

  1. 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")
  2. (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.

Synonyms

to kill, murder

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to strain, stab, ruin

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Derived terms

References

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *drapiz (“strike, blow, deathblow”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *drepaną (“to strike, slay, kill”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *dhrebh- (“to crush, grind, kill”). Akin to Old Norse drep "blow, deathblow", Old Norse drāp "deathblow", Middle High German tref "a strike, hit", Old English drepan "to kill".

Noun

drepe m

  1. a stroke, deathblow
  2. a slaying
  3. 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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