"fatte" meaning in Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

IPA: /ˈfɑtːə/ Audio: Nb-fatte.ogg Forms: fatt [imperative], fatter [present], fattes [passive], fatta [participle, past], fatta [past], fattet [participle, past], fattet [past], fattende [participle, present]
Rhymes: -ɑtːə Etymology: From Middle Low German vaten. Etymology templates: {{der|nb|gml|vaten}} Middle Low German vaten Head templates: {{head|nb|verb|imperative|fatt|present tense|fatter|passive|fattes|simple past and past participle|fatta|or|fattet|present participle|fattende}} fatte (imperative fatt, present tense fatter, passive fattes, simple past and past participle fatta or fattet, present participle fattende)
  1. (transitive) to grip or grasp (to take hold of; particularly with the hand) Tags: transitive Synonyms: gripe, holde an, ta tak
    Sense id: en-fatte-nb-verb-2gAoy0sQ
  2. (intransitive) to catch fire (to become engulfed in flames) Tags: intransitive Synonyms: antenne, fate, fenge, ta fyr
    Sense id: en-fatte-nb-verb-MYQg~An~
  3. (intransitive) to catch fire (to become engulfed in flames)
    (of fire) to spread, burn
    Tags: intransitive Synonyms: antenne, fate, fenge, ta fyr, brenne, spre seg
    Sense id: en-fatte-nb-verb-yjZ3cqMn
  4. (literary) to enclose, contain Tags: literary Synonyms: omslutte, romme
    Sense id: en-fatte-nb-verb-YvyMaBlq
  5. (literary, transitive) to understand, get, comprehend Tags: literary, transitive Synonyms: begripe, forstå, skjønne
    Sense id: en-fatte-nb-verb-BJnzF42r
  6. (literary, transitive) to take, get, have; win Tags: literary, transitive Synonyms: ta, , vinne
    Sense id: en-fatte-nb-verb-GKU87EEV
  7. (literary, intransitive) to reclaim oneself as a master; get together and calm down (again) Tags: intransitive, literary
    Sense id: en-fatte-nb-verb-sYNQVqCQ
  8. (literary, transitive) to express oneself (in a certain way) Tags: literary, transitive
    Sense id: en-fatte-nb-verb-VaHDt5ZF Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 1 5 1 3 18 18 2 10 3 3 34 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 3 1 2 18 18 1 12 2 2 38 2
  9. (goldsmithery, transitive) to customize and assemble stones in (gold and silver) jewelry Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Gems, Jewelry
    Sense id: en-fatte-nb-verb-D43wPTdc Disambiguation of Gems: 5 14 14 3 12 3 6 19 25 Disambiguation of Jewelry: 5 10 10 4 12 5 9 8 39
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: avfatte, befatte, feiloppfatte, forfatte, innbefatte, innfatte, misoppfatte, omfatte, oppfatte, sammenfatte, tvifatte

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "avfatte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "befatte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "feiloppfatte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "forfatte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "innbefatte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "innfatte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "misoppfatte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "omfatte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "oppfatte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sammenfatte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tvifatte"
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      "form": "fatt",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fatter",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fattes",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "fatta",
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        "participle",
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      "form": "fatta",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "fattet",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fattet",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
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        "3": "imperative",
        "4": "fatt",
        "5": "present tense",
        "6": "fatter",
        "7": "passive",
        "8": "fattes",
        "9": "simple past and past participle"
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      "name": "head"
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  "hyphenation": [
    "fat‧te"
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
  "lang_code": "nb",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "[he] grasps the rosary",
          "ref": "1873, Henrik Ibsen, Kejser og Galilæer, page 96:",
          "text": "[han] fatter rosenkransen",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "[the schoolmaster] grabbed him by the shirt collar",
          "ref": "1907, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnsons fortællinger, page 220:",
          "text": "[skolemesteren] fattede ham i trøjekraven",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "I must succeed in keeping what my hand has grasped",
          "ref": "1873, Henrik Ibsen, Kejser og Galilæer, page 216:",
          "text": "det skal lykkes mig at beholde, hvad min hånd har fattet tag i",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "he grasped the lap",
          "ref": "1875, Henrik Ibsen, Digte, page 96:",
          "text": "han fatted om skødet",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "grip! (command used in gymnastics)",
          "text": "fatt!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to take hold off (something with both hands)",
          "text": "fatte om (noe med begge hender)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "to grip or grasp (to take hold of; particularly with the hand)"
      ],
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          "grasp"
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        "(transitive) to grip or grasp (to take hold of; particularly with the hand)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "gripe"
        },
        {
          "word": "holde an"
        },
        {
          "word": "ta tak"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "in a now the dry twigs combusted in the air",
          "ref": "1900, Vilhelm Krag, Isaac Seehuusen, page 52:",
          "text": "i et nu fattede de tørre kvister i veiret",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "the flame was invisible at first, almost just a tremor in the air just above the blade of grass… But then the very mist took hold, and from there the flame crept out",
          "ref": "2009, Karl Ove Knausgård, Min kamp 3, page 67:",
          "text": "flammen var først usynlig, nesten bare en skjelving i luften like over gresstrået … Men så fattet selve tusten, og derfra krøp flammen utover",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to catch fire (to become engulfed in flames)"
      ],
      "id": "en-fatte-nb-verb-MYQg~An~",
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          "catch fire",
          "catch fire"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to catch fire (to become engulfed in flames)"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "antenne"
        },
        {
          "word": "fate"
        },
        {
          "word": "fenge"
        },
        {
          "word": "ta fyr"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the fire is spreading in the forest",
          "text": "ilden fatter i skogen",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to catch fire (to become engulfed in flames)",
        "to spread, burn"
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          "burn"
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        "(intransitive) to catch fire (to become engulfed in flames)",
        "(of fire) to spread, burn"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of fire"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "antenne"
        },
        {
          "word": "fate"
        },
        {
          "word": "fenge"
        },
        {
          "word": "ta fyr"
        },
        {
          "word": "brenne"
        },
        {
          "word": "spre seg"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "all that the realm of the spirit in itself comprehends",
          "ref": "1909, Henrik Ibsen, Efterladte Skrifter I, page 212:",
          "text": "alt, hvad åndens rige i sig fatter",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to enclose, contain"
      ],
      "id": "en-fatte-nb-verb-YvyMaBlq",
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        [
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          "enclose"
        ],
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          "contain",
          "contain"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) to enclose, contain"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "omslutte"
        },
        {
          "word": "romme"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I would think, that I have not understood your opinion",
          "ref": "1872, Henrik Ibsen, Kongs-Emnerne, page 14:",
          "text": "jeg vil tro, at jeg ikke har fattet eders mening",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Petra first realizes what has happened here as the bride quietly enters walking",
          "ref": "1907, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnsons fortællinger, page 353:",
          "text": "Petra fatter først, hvad her er sket, da bruden stille kommer gående ind",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "well her gaze had perceived the transformation in him; but her innocent and pure virgin soul had not grasped its essence",
          "ref": "1907, Bernt Lie, Mot Overmagt, page 210:",
          "text": "vel havde hendes blik opfattet forvandlingen i ham; men hendes uskyldige og rene jomfrusjæl havde ikke fattet dens væsen",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "can you understand why he is so mad at Charles?",
          "ref": "1925, Vilhelm Krag, Baldevin, page 138:",
          "text": "kan du fatte eller begribe, hvorfor han er saa forhakkende gal paa Charles?",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "sometimes they can not comprehend what they absolutely should have a child for. Was not enough with three…?",
          "ref": "2001, Marita Liabø, Han liker meg, page X:",
          "text": "av og til kan de ikke fatte og begripe hva de absolutt skulle ha et barn til for. Var det ikke nok med tre …?",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "to understand; comprehend",
          "text": "fatte og begripe / fatte eller begripe",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to understand, get, comprehend"
      ],
      "id": "en-fatte-nb-verb-BJnzF42r",
      "links": [
        [
          "understand",
          "understand"
        ],
        [
          "get",
          "get"
        ],
        [
          "comprehend",
          "comprehend"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary, transitive) to understand, get, comprehend"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "begripe"
        },
        {
          "word": "forstå"
        },
        {
          "word": "skjønne"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "then I got the great redemptive realization",
          "ref": "1873, Henrik Ibsen, Kejser og Galilæer, page 110:",
          "text": "da fatted jeg den store forløsende erkendelse",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "[the common people] had strange thoughts when they saw him standing on a friendly footing with landowner Hans Orre",
          "ref": "1916, Tryggve Andersen, Samlede fortællinger I, page 37:",
          "text": "[almuen] fattede underlige tanker ved at se ham staa paa en venskabelig fod med landkræmmer Hans Orre",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "I never quite understood why she had taken an interest in a weirdo like me",
          "ref": "1990, Jan Wiese, Kvinnen som kledte seg naken for sin elskede, page 17:",
          "text": "jeg forsto aldri helt hvorfor hun hadde fattet interesse for en særling som meg",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "unsuspecting and immediately grasped [he] kindness to [the company] host and primus engine",
          "ref": "1998, Geir Pollen, Hutchinsons eftf., page X:",
          "text": "intetanende og umiddelbart fattet [han] godhet for [selskapets] vert og primus motor",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "to get a suspicion about something / of someone",
          "text": "å fatte mistanke om noe / til noen",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to set a high goal",
          "text": "fatte et forsett",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to win hope",
          "text": "fatte håp",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to win against",
          "text": "fatte mot",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to take, get, have; win"
      ],
      "id": "en-fatte-nb-verb-GKU87EEV",
      "links": [
        [
          "take",
          "take"
        ],
        [
          "get",
          "get"
        ],
        [
          "have",
          "have"
        ],
        [
          "win",
          "win"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary, transitive) to take, get, have; win"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ta"
        },
        {
          "word": "få"
        },
        {
          "word": "vinne"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Paulsen, be a man and catch up!",
          "ref": "1909, Henrik Ibsen, Efterladte Skrifter I, page 418:",
          "text": "Paulsen, vær en mand og fat dig!",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "- Master yourself, Miss Lyall,… and let me know what you have to say",
          "ref": "1915, Øvre Richter Frich, Kaperens klør, page 148:",
          "text": "– Fat Dem, miss Lyall, … og la mig faa høre, hvad De har at berette",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "the chamberlain is in the process of saying something, but stops himself",
          "ref": "1874, Henrik Ibsen, De unges forbund, page 213:",
          "text": "kammerherren er i færd med at sige noget, men fatter sig i det",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "to catch yourself, stop (and fail to say something you are about to say)",
          "text": "fatte seg i det",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to reclaim oneself as a master; get together and calm down (again)"
      ],
      "id": "en-fatte-nb-verb-sYNQVqCQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "reclaim",
          "reclaim"
        ],
        [
          "master",
          "master"
        ],
        [
          "together",
          "together"
        ],
        [
          "calm",
          "calm"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary, intransitive) to reclaim oneself as a master; get together and calm down (again)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
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        {
          "_dis": "1 5 1 3 18 18 2 10 3 3 34 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 3 1 2 18 18 1 12 2 2 38 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "[I] must be brief",
          "ref": "1873, Henrik Ibsen, Kærlighedens komedie, page 45:",
          "text": "[jeg] skal mig fatte kort",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "I must seek to express myself as clearly and decisively as possible",
          "ref": "1957, Edvard Grieg, Artikler og taler, page 76:",
          "text": "jeg skal søge at fatte mig muligst klart og bestemt",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "I must be brief",
          "ref": "1930, Henrik Ibsen, Samlede verker XV, page 118:",
          "text": "jeg skal fatte mig i korthed",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "to express yourself in few words",
          "text": "fatte seg i det",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to express oneself (in a certain way)"
      ],
      "id": "en-fatte-nb-verb-VaHDt5ZF",
      "links": [
        [
          "express",
          "express"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary, transitive) to express oneself (in a certain way)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "5 14 14 3 12 3 6 19 25",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "nb",
          "name": "Gems",
          "orig": "nb:Gems",
          "parents": [
            "Jewelry",
            "Mineralogy",
            "Clothing",
            "Geology",
            "Human",
            "Earth sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Fundamental"
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          "_dis": "5 10 10 4 12 5 9 8 39",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "nb",
          "name": "Jewelry",
          "orig": "nb:Jewelry",
          "parents": [
            "Clothing",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "goldsmithery originally consisted of eight subjects, and today's goldsmith has a work area that includes two of these eight, goldsmithing and assembling",
          "ref": "2017, SNL^([snl.no]):",
          "text": "gullsmedfagene bestod opprinnelig av åtte fag, og dagens gullsmed har et arbeidsområde som omfatter to av disse åtte, gullarbeid og fatting",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to customize and assemble stones in (gold and silver) jewelry"
      ],
      "id": "en-fatte-nb-verb-D43wPTdc",
      "links": [
        [
          "customize",
          "customize"
        ],
        [
          "assemble",
          "assemble"
        ],
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          "stones",
          "stones"
        ],
        [
          "jewelry",
          "jewelry"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(goldsmithery, transitive) to customize and assemble stones in (gold and silver) jewelry"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɑtːə"
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}
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "avfatte"
    },
    {
      "word": "befatte"
    },
    {
      "word": "feiloppfatte"
    },
    {
      "word": "forfatte"
    },
    {
      "word": "innbefatte"
    },
    {
      "word": "innfatte"
    },
    {
      "word": "misoppfatte"
    },
    {
      "word": "omfatte"
    },
    {
      "word": "oppfatte"
    },
    {
      "word": "sammenfatte"
    },
    {
      "word": "tvifatte"
    }
  ],
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        "3": "vaten"
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      "name": "der"
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle Low German vaten.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fatt",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fatter",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fattes",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fatta",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fatta",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fattet",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fattet",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fattende",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "10": "fatta",
        "11": "or",
        "12": "fattet",
        "13": "present participle",
        "14": "fattende",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "imperative",
        "4": "fatt",
        "5": "present tense",
        "6": "fatter",
        "7": "passive",
        "8": "fattes",
        "9": "simple past and past participle"
      },
      "expansion": "fatte (imperative fatt, present tense fatter, passive fattes, simple past and past participle fatta or fattet, present participle fattende)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "fat‧te"
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
  "lang_code": "nb",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms with quotations",
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples",
        "Norwegian Bokmål transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "[he] grasps the rosary",
          "ref": "1873, Henrik Ibsen, Kejser og Galilæer, page 96:",
          "text": "[han] fatter rosenkransen",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "[the schoolmaster] grabbed him by the shirt collar",
          "ref": "1907, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnsons fortællinger, page 220:",
          "text": "[skolemesteren] fattede ham i trøjekraven",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "I must succeed in keeping what my hand has grasped",
          "ref": "1873, Henrik Ibsen, Kejser og Galilæer, page 216:",
          "text": "det skal lykkes mig at beholde, hvad min hånd har fattet tag i",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "he grasped the lap",
          "ref": "1875, Henrik Ibsen, Digte, page 96:",
          "text": "han fatted om skødet",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "grip! (command used in gymnastics)",
          "text": "fatt!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to take hold off (something with both hands)",
          "text": "fatte om (noe med begge hender)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to grip or grasp (to take hold of; particularly with the hand)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grip",
          "grip"
        ],
        [
          "grasp",
          "grasp"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to grip or grasp (to take hold of; particularly with the hand)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "gripe"
        },
        {
          "word": "holde an"
        },
        {
          "word": "ta tak"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Norwegian Bokmål intransitive verbs",
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "in a now the dry twigs combusted in the air",
          "ref": "1900, Vilhelm Krag, Isaac Seehuusen, page 52:",
          "text": "i et nu fattede de tørre kvister i veiret",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "the flame was invisible at first, almost just a tremor in the air just above the blade of grass… But then the very mist took hold, and from there the flame crept out",
          "ref": "2009, Karl Ove Knausgård, Min kamp 3, page 67:",
          "text": "flammen var først usynlig, nesten bare en skjelving i luften like over gresstrået … Men så fattet selve tusten, og derfra krøp flammen utover",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to catch fire (to become engulfed in flames)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "catch fire",
          "catch fire"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to catch fire (to become engulfed in flames)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "antenne"
        },
        {
          "word": "fate"
        },
        {
          "word": "fenge"
        },
        {
          "word": "ta fyr"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Norwegian Bokmål intransitive verbs",
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms with quotations",
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the fire is spreading in the forest",
          "text": "ilden fatter i skogen",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to catch fire (to become engulfed in flames)",
        "to spread, burn"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "catch fire",
          "catch fire"
        ],
        [
          "spread",
          "spread"
        ],
        [
          "burn",
          "burn"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to catch fire (to become engulfed in flames)",
        "(of fire) to spread, burn"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of fire"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "antenne"
        },
        {
          "word": "fate"
        },
        {
          "word": "fenge"
        },
        {
          "word": "ta fyr"
        },
        {
          "word": "brenne"
        },
        {
          "word": "spre seg"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Norwegian Bokmål literary terms",
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "all that the realm of the spirit in itself comprehends",
          "ref": "1909, Henrik Ibsen, Efterladte Skrifter I, page 212:",
          "text": "alt, hvad åndens rige i sig fatter",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to enclose, contain"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "enclose",
          "enclose"
        ],
        [
          "contain",
          "contain"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) to enclose, contain"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "omslutte"
        },
        {
          "word": "romme"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Norwegian Bokmål literary terms",
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms with quotations",
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples",
        "Norwegian Bokmål transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I would think, that I have not understood your opinion",
          "ref": "1872, Henrik Ibsen, Kongs-Emnerne, page 14:",
          "text": "jeg vil tro, at jeg ikke har fattet eders mening",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Petra first realizes what has happened here as the bride quietly enters walking",
          "ref": "1907, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnsons fortællinger, page 353:",
          "text": "Petra fatter først, hvad her er sket, da bruden stille kommer gående ind",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "well her gaze had perceived the transformation in him; but her innocent and pure virgin soul had not grasped its essence",
          "ref": "1907, Bernt Lie, Mot Overmagt, page 210:",
          "text": "vel havde hendes blik opfattet forvandlingen i ham; men hendes uskyldige og rene jomfrusjæl havde ikke fattet dens væsen",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "can you understand why he is so mad at Charles?",
          "ref": "1925, Vilhelm Krag, Baldevin, page 138:",
          "text": "kan du fatte eller begribe, hvorfor han er saa forhakkende gal paa Charles?",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "sometimes they can not comprehend what they absolutely should have a child for. Was not enough with three…?",
          "ref": "2001, Marita Liabø, Han liker meg, page X:",
          "text": "av og til kan de ikke fatte og begripe hva de absolutt skulle ha et barn til for. Var det ikke nok med tre …?",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "to understand; comprehend",
          "text": "fatte og begripe / fatte eller begripe",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to understand, get, comprehend"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "understand",
          "understand"
        ],
        [
          "get",
          "get"
        ],
        [
          "comprehend",
          "comprehend"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary, transitive) to understand, get, comprehend"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "begripe"
        },
        {
          "word": "forstå"
        },
        {
          "word": "skjønne"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Norwegian Bokmål literary terms",
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms with quotations",
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples",
        "Norwegian Bokmål transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "then I got the great redemptive realization",
          "ref": "1873, Henrik Ibsen, Kejser og Galilæer, page 110:",
          "text": "da fatted jeg den store forløsende erkendelse",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "[the common people] had strange thoughts when they saw him standing on a friendly footing with landowner Hans Orre",
          "ref": "1916, Tryggve Andersen, Samlede fortællinger I, page 37:",
          "text": "[almuen] fattede underlige tanker ved at se ham staa paa en venskabelig fod med landkræmmer Hans Orre",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "I never quite understood why she had taken an interest in a weirdo like me",
          "ref": "1990, Jan Wiese, Kvinnen som kledte seg naken for sin elskede, page 17:",
          "text": "jeg forsto aldri helt hvorfor hun hadde fattet interesse for en særling som meg",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "unsuspecting and immediately grasped [he] kindness to [the company] host and primus engine",
          "ref": "1998, Geir Pollen, Hutchinsons eftf., page X:",
          "text": "intetanende og umiddelbart fattet [han] godhet for [selskapets] vert og primus motor",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "to get a suspicion about something / of someone",
          "text": "å fatte mistanke om noe / til noen",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to set a high goal",
          "text": "fatte et forsett",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to win hope",
          "text": "fatte håp",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to win against",
          "text": "fatte mot",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to take, get, have; win"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "take",
          "take"
        ],
        [
          "get",
          "get"
        ],
        [
          "have",
          "have"
        ],
        [
          "win",
          "win"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary, transitive) to take, get, have; win"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ta"
        },
        {
          "word": "få"
        },
        {
          "word": "vinne"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Norwegian Bokmål intransitive verbs",
        "Norwegian Bokmål literary terms",
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms with quotations",
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Paulsen, be a man and catch up!",
          "ref": "1909, Henrik Ibsen, Efterladte Skrifter I, page 418:",
          "text": "Paulsen, vær en mand og fat dig!",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "- Master yourself, Miss Lyall,… and let me know what you have to say",
          "ref": "1915, Øvre Richter Frich, Kaperens klør, page 148:",
          "text": "– Fat Dem, miss Lyall, … og la mig faa høre, hvad De har at berette",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "the chamberlain is in the process of saying something, but stops himself",
          "ref": "1874, Henrik Ibsen, De unges forbund, page 213:",
          "text": "kammerherren er i færd med at sige noget, men fatter sig i det",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "to catch yourself, stop (and fail to say something you are about to say)",
          "text": "fatte seg i det",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to reclaim oneself as a master; get together and calm down (again)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reclaim",
          "reclaim"
        ],
        [
          "master",
          "master"
        ],
        [
          "together",
          "together"
        ],
        [
          "calm",
          "calm"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary, intransitive) to reclaim oneself as a master; get together and calm down (again)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Norwegian Bokmål literary terms",
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms with quotations",
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples",
        "Norwegian Bokmål transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "[I] must be brief",
          "ref": "1873, Henrik Ibsen, Kærlighedens komedie, page 45:",
          "text": "[jeg] skal mig fatte kort",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "I must seek to express myself as clearly and decisively as possible",
          "ref": "1957, Edvard Grieg, Artikler og taler, page 76:",
          "text": "jeg skal søge at fatte mig muligst klart og bestemt",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "I must be brief",
          "ref": "1930, Henrik Ibsen, Samlede verker XV, page 118:",
          "text": "jeg skal fatte mig i korthed",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "to express yourself in few words",
          "text": "fatte seg i det",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to express oneself (in a certain way)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "express",
          "express"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary, transitive) to express oneself (in a certain way)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms with quotations",
        "Norwegian Bokmål transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "goldsmithery originally consisted of eight subjects, and today's goldsmith has a work area that includes two of these eight, goldsmithing and assembling",
          "ref": "2017, SNL^([snl.no]):",
          "text": "gullsmedfagene bestod opprinnelig av åtte fag, og dagens gullsmed har et arbeidsområde som omfatter to av disse åtte, gullarbeid og fatting",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to customize and assemble stones in (gold and silver) jewelry"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "customize",
          "customize"
        ],
        [
          "assemble",
          "assemble"
        ],
        [
          "stones",
          "stones"
        ],
        [
          "jewelry",
          "jewelry"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(goldsmithery, transitive) to customize and assemble stones in (gold and silver) jewelry"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈfɑtːə/"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɑtːə"
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}

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