kvitt
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology 1 edit
Adjective edit
kvitt
Etymology 2 edit
Adjective edit
kvitt (indeclinable)
- være / bli kvitt - be rid of (something)
- all square, quits
Etymology 3 edit
Verb edit
kvitt
- imperative of kvitte
References edit
- “kvitt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Adjective edit
kvitt n
Etymology 2 edit
Adjective edit
kvitt (indeclinable)
- vere / bli kvitt - be rid of (something)
- all square, quits
References edit
- “kvitt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Etymology 1 edit
Derived from Middle Low German quit, from Old French quitte, from Medieval Latin quitus, from Latin quiētus.
Adjective edit
kvitt (not comparable)
- (with bli) get rid of, shake off
- Jag hoppas jag blir kvitt förkylningen snart
- I hope I shake this cold soon
- (with vara) be rid of
- Skönt att äntligen vara kvitt förkylningen
- Nice to finally be rid of the cold
- to be even, to be quits
- Jag slog dig, och du slog mig, så nu är vi kvitt
- I hit you, and you hit me, so now we're even
- Här är pengarna jag lånade. Vi är kvitt nu, eller hur?
- Here's the money I borrowed. We're quits now, right?
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Back-formation from kvittra.
Interjection edit
kvitt
- tweet (representing bird singing)
- Synonyms: kviddevitt, kvivitt
- "Kvitt kvitt!" kvittrar fågeln
- "Tweet tweet!" tweets the bird