avslutta

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• avsluttet

Verb

avslutta

1. inflection of avslutte:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• avslutte

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian Bokmål avslutte, from Danish afslutte, a compound word of af (“off”) and slutte (“close, conclude, finish”), probably a loan-translation from Middle Low German (compare German abschließen). Compare to Swedish avsluta.

Verb

avslutta (present tense avsluttar, past tense avslutta, past participle avslutta, present participle avsluttande, imperative avslutt)

1. to finish, end

   Dei valde å avslutta forholdet.

   They chose to end the relationship.

   Gudstenesta vart avslutta med stille bønn.

   The (church) service was concluded with a silent prayer.

   Lauparen 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)

   Endeleg fekk dei avslutta handelen.

   They finally closed the deal.

   Korleis avsluttar ein dette programmet?

   How do you close this program?

Synonyms

• (finish, end) avrunda, enda, koma sist, runda av, saldera
• (complete, close) bli ferdig med, fullenda, fullbyrda, leggja siste hand på, bringa i hamn

Derived terms

• avsluttande
• avslutting, avslutning

Related terms

• slutta av

References

• “avslutta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.