drepe
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Verb edit
drepe
- Alternative form of drepen (“to strike”)
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
drepe
- Alternative form of drepen (“to drop”)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse drepa (“to stab, hit”), compare Dutch and German treffen and English drub.
Verb edit
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.
- 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.
- Den evinnelige masingen din har drept arbeidslysten min!
Synonyms edit
- avlive
- døde
- ekspedere
- felle
- gi nådestøtet
- gi nådestøyten
- gjøre det av med
- gjøre ende på
- gjøre et hode kortere
- halshogge
- halshugge
- henrette
- kverke
- la hodene rulle
- legge i graven
- likvidere
- lynsje
- massakrere
- myrde
- slakte
- strupe
- strype
- ombringe
- skyte
- slå i hjel
- slå skallen inn på
- strangulere
- ta av dage
- ta kverken på
- tilintetgjøre
- tyne
- uskadeliggjøre
- utrydde
- utslette
- veie
- vri halsen om på
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Verb edit
drepe (present tense drep, past tense drap, supine drepe, past participle drepen, present participle drepande, imperative drep)
- e-infinitive form of drepa
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse drepit, past participle neuter of drepa, whence also Norwegian Nynorsk drepa.
Verb edit
drepe
- past participle of drepa
References edit
- “drepe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
drepe m