avslutte

      Norwegian Bokmål

      Etymology

      From Danish, a compound word of av (off) and slutte (close, conclude, finish), probably a loan-translation from Middle Low German (compare German abschließen).

      Verb

      avslutte (present tense avslutter; past tense avsluttet/avslutta; past participle avsluttet/avslutta; present participle avsluttende; imperative avslutt)

      1. to finish, end
        De valgte å avslutte forholdet.
        They chose to end the relationship.
        Gudstjenesten ble avsluttet med stille bønn.
        The (church) service was concluded with a silent prayer.
        Løperen startet rolig men avsluttet med en kjempespurt.
        The runner started out slowly but finished with a huge spurt.
      2. complete, to close (shut down, bring to a state of completion)
        Endelig fikk de avsluttet handelen.
        They finally closed the deal.
        Hvordan avslutter man dette programmet?
        How do you close this program?

      Synonyms

      • (finish, end) avrunde, ende, komme sist, runde av, saldere, tilendebringe
      • (complete, close) besegle, bli ferdig med, fullende, fullbyrde, legge siste hånd på, bringe i havn

      Derived terms

      • avsluttende

      Related terms

      • slutte av

      References

      • “avslutte” in The Ordnett Dictionary
      • “avslutte” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.
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      Norwegian Nynorsk

      Etymology

      Via Norwegian Bokmål from Danish, a compound word of av (off) and slutte (close, conclude, finish), probably a loan-translation from [[Middle Low German]] (compare German abschließen).

      Verb

      avslutte (present tense avsluttar; past tense avslutta; past participle avslutta; present participle avsluttande; imperative avslutt)

      1. to finish, end
        Dei valde å avslutte forholdet.
        They chose to end the relationship.
        Gudstenesta vart avslutta med stille bønn.
        The (church) service was concluded with a silent prayer.
        Løparen 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)
        Endelig fekk dei avslutta handelen.
        They finally closed the deal.
        Korleis avsluttar ein dette programmet?
        How do you close this program?

      Synonyms

      • (finish, end) avrunde, ende, komme sist/kome sist, runde av, saldere
      • (complete, close) bli ferdig med, fullende, fullbyrde, leggje siste hand på, bringe i hamn

      Derived terms

      • avsluttande

      Related terms

      • slutte av

      References

      • “avslutte” in The Ordnett Dictionary
      • “avslutte” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.
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