avslutte

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Verb

avslutte (imperative avslutt, present tense avslutter, passive avsluttes, simple past and past participle avsluttet or avslutta, present participle avsluttende)

  1. to finish, end, conclude
    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
  • slutte av

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

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
  • slutte av

References
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