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"word": "allmennmenneskelig"
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"word": "altmuligmenneske"
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"word": "alvorsmenneske"
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"word": "amenneskelig"
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"word": "anstaltmenneske"
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"word": "apemenneske"
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"word": "arbeidsmenneske"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "b-menneske"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "blandingsmenneske"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "blokkmenneske"
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{
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"word": "bokmenneske"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "bumenneske"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "bunkersmenneske"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "bymenneske"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "crô-magnon-menneske"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "dagmenneske"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "damemenneske"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "dekadensemenneske"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "dusinmenneske"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "eksamensmenneske"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "enkeltmenneske"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "enkeltmenneskelig"
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"word": "etterkrigsmenneske"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "fagmenneske"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "familiemenneske"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "fantasimenneske"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "fattigmenneske"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "festmenneske"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "forretningsmenneske"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "forstandsmenneske"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "forstmenneske"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "friluftsmenneske"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "følelsesmenneske"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "gatemenneske"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "gevaltmenneske"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "gjennomsnittsmenneske"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "gudemenneske"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "gudsmenneske"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "halvmenneske"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "handlingsmenneske"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "hannmenneske"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "hensynsmenneske"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "herremenneske"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "hjernemenneske"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "hjertemenneske"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "hodemenneske"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "hulemenneske"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "humørmenneske"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "hundemenneske"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "hunnmenneske"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "husmenneske"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "hverdagsmenneske"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "høystatusmenneske"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "jamenneske"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "jordmenneske"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "kattemenneske"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "kjøtermenneske"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "konemenneske"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "kontormenneske"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "kristenmenneske"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "kulturmenneske"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "kvinnemenneske"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "luksusmenneske"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "lærmenneske"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "maktmenneske"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "maskinmenneske"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "medmenneske"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "medmenneskelig"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "medmenneskelighet"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "mellommenneskelig"
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{
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"word": "menneskealder"
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{
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"word": "menneskeansikt"
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"word": "menneskeape"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "menneskeart"
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{
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"word": "menneskebarn"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "menneskeben"
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{
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"word": "menneskebevissthet"
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"word": "menneskebilde"
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{
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"word": "menneskeblikk"
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"word": "menneskeblivelse"
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"word": "menneskeblod"
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"word": "menneskebolig"
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"word": "menneskebror"
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"word": "menneskebud"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "menneskefiendsk"
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{
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"word": "menneskefiendtlig"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "menneskeforakt"
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"word": "menneskeform"
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{
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"word": "menneskefrykt"
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"word": "menneskehandel"
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"word": "menneskehet"
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"word": "menneskehår"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "menneskekropp"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "menneskelig"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "menneskeliggjøre"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "menneskeliv"
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"word": "menneskeofring"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "menneskerett"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "menneskerettighet"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "menneskeskapt"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "nærmenneske"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "nåtidsmenneske"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "ordensmenneske"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "oslomenneske"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "overklassemenneske"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "overmenneske"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "overmenneskelig"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "overskuddsmenneske"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "pengemenneske"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "umenneskelighet"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "undermenneske"
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"1": "nb",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*men-"
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"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
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{
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"2": "non",
"3": "manneskja",
"4": "",
"5": "human being"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse manneskja (“human being”)",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Norse manneskja (“human being”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "mennesket",
"tags": [
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "mennesker",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "menneska",
"tags": [
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "menneskene",
"tags": [
"definite",
"plural"
]
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"men‧ne‧ske"
],
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"pos": "noun",
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"categories": [
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"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "nb",
"name": "Zoology",
"orig": "nb:Zoology",
"parents": [
"Biology",
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"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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{
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"Fundamental"
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},
{
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"orig": "nb:Hominids",
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"Mammals",
"Vertebrates",
"Chordates",
"Animals",
"Lifeforms",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
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"source": "w+disamb"
}
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"examples": [
{
"english": "humans and animals and trees and herbs created its just according to eternal laws",
"ref": "1873, Henrik Ibsen, Kejser og Galilæer, page 421",
"text": "mennesker og dyr og træer og urter skabte sine lige efter evige love",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "turn man into animals!",
"ref": "1874, Henrik Ibsen, Peer Gynt, page 74",
"text": "gøre menneske til dyr!",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "[I] admire what humans can accomplish",
"ref": "1929, Ronald Fangen, Nogen unge mennesker, page 88",
"text": "[jeg] beundrer hvad menneskene kan utrette",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "[they built] simple houses for periodic stays for humans and animals",
"ref": "2000, Margit Harsson, Stein, page 226",
"text": "[de bygde] enkle hus til periodevis opphold for mennesker og dyr",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "in relation to an adult human, the cell is no larger than a sesame seed at the foot of the Eiffel Tower - but… at least as complicated as the whole human",
"ref": "2010, Tore Henriksen, I mors liv",
"text": "i forhold til et voksent menneske er cellen ikke større enn et sesamfrø ved foten av Eiffeltårnet – men … minst like komplisert som hele mennesket",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"a human or human being; man (the tallest, most abundant, and most intelligent of primates; Homo sapiens.)"
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"#English"
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"(zoology) a human or human being; man (the tallest, most abundant, and most intelligent of primates; Homo sapiens.)"
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"tags": [
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"topics": [
"biology",
"natural-sciences",
"zoology"
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},
{
"categories": [
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"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "nb",
"name": "Bible",
"orig": "nb:Bible",
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"Books",
"Christianity",
"Judaism",
"Literature",
"Mass media",
"Abrahamism",
"Culture",
"Entertainment",
"Writing",
"Media",
"Religion",
"Society",
"Human behaviour",
"Language",
"Communication",
"All topics",
"Human",
"Fundamental"
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"All topics",
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],
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{
"english": "my conduct I can defend before God and men",
"ref": "1874, Henrik Ibsen, De unges forbund, page 119",
"text": "min færd kan jeg forsvare for Gud og mennesker",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "it is not so good for a single lady to resist, I can believe. - We are all human",
"ref": "1886, Henrik Ibsen, Rosmersholm, page 167",
"text": "det er jo ikke så godt for et ensligt fruentimmer at stå imod, kan jeg tro. – Vi er jo alle sammen mennesker",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "he had begged God for power and grace to become a new man",
"ref": "1905, Amalie Skram, Samlede Værker II, page 490",
"text": "han havde tigget Gud om kraft og naade til at bli et nyt menneske",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "the fallen man (who has not accepted Jesus Christ)",
"text": "det gamle menneske",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "the new man; born again man",
"text": "det nye mennesket",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"man (humans created in the image of God)",
"man (the opposite of God, the fallen, as opposed to the heavenly and sacred)"
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"God"
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],
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"(biblical) man (humans created in the image of God)",
"(biblical) man (the opposite of God, the fallen, as opposed to the heavenly and sacred)"
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"Entertainment",
"Writing",
"Media",
"Religion",
"Society",
"Human behaviour",
"Language",
"Communication",
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"Fundamental"
],
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"kind": "topical",
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"All topics",
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},
{
"_dis": "12 4 12 18 18 18 18",
"kind": "topical",
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"Fundamental"
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],
"examples": [
{
"english": "seventy to eighty fathoms is the age of man",
"ref": "1880, Jonas Lie, Rutland, page 273",
"text": "syvti til otteti favne er menneskens alder",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "the human mind",
"ref": "1906, Hans E. Kinck, Livsaanderne, page 61",
"text": "menneskens sind",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "likewise it is in the ark of man",
"ref": "1904, Knut Hamsun, Det vilde Kor, page 68",
"text": "ligedan er det i menneskens ark",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "Son of Man; Jesus Christ",
"text": "menneskens sønn",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"man (humans created in the image of God)",
"mankind's"
],
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"(biblical) man (humans created in the image of God)",
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"_dis": "18 8 15 15 15 15 15",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "nb",
"name": "Human",
"orig": "nb:Human",
"parents": [
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "12 4 12 18 18 18 18",
"kind": "topical",
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"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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],
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{
"english": "the human in him had become so suffered",
"ref": "1896, Hans E. Kinck, Sus, page 118",
"text": "mennesket i ham var blit saa lidet",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "[I] chewed every day on the bitter morality to strengthen my inner man against challenges",
"ref": "1898, Kristian Elster, Samlede Skrifter II, page 242",
"text": "[jeg] tyggede hver dag paa den bitre moral for at styrke mit indre menneske mod anfægtelser",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "he has made a kind of real human being out of me",
"ref": "1890, Henrik Ibsen, Hedda Gabler, page 57",
"text": "han har gjort et slags virkeligt menneske ud af mig",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "she was too busy to think further about her outer human now",
"ref": "1913, Knut Hamsun, Børn av Tiden, page 33",
"text": "hun var for optat til at tænke videre paa sit ytre menneske nu",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "what kind of human being are you really, Paul?",
"ref": "1952, Jens Bjørneboe, Før hanen galer, page 145",
"text": "hva er du egentlig for et menneske, Paul?",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "I knew Sven, the human Sven behind all the splendor of a rich shipowner",
"ref": "1960, Gerd Nyquist, Avdøde ønsket ikke blomster, page 28",
"text": "jeg kjente Sven, mennesket Sven bak all glansen av rik skipsreder",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "a minister is just a human being, I understand that the more things I do to politicians",
"ref": "2012, Mette Anthun, Kari Birkeland, Emmas avec",
"text": "en minister er bare et menneske, det forstår jeg jo flere saker jeg gjør på politikere",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "only human; not perfect",
"text": "bare et menneske",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"an individual, person; human being (especially a sensible, civilised and moral person)",
"the sum of a human's characteristics"
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"english": "I [felt] sorry for the learned man",
"ref": "1890, Henrik Ibsen, Hedda Gabler, page 97",
"text": "jeg [syntes] synd i det lærde menneske",
"type": "quotation"
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"english": "poor man",
"ref": "1888, Henrik Ibsen, Fruen fra havet, page 60",
"text": "stakkers menneske",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "have you heard such a person speak?",
"ref": "1874, H. Meltzer, Politinotitser, page 54",
"text": "har De hørt sligt menneske til at snakke?",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"english": "oh no, what a mouth on that person",
"ref": "1874, Henrik Ibsen, De unges forbund, page 29",
"text": "å nej, for en mund der sidder på det menneske",
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"english": "what does man say? Is he crazy?",
"ref": "1918, Gunnar Heiberg, Samlede dramatiske verker II, page 212",
"text": "hvad sier mennesket? Er han gal?",
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"english": "oh, but I am a thoughtless man, sitting here talking!",
"ref": "1879, Henrik Ibsen, Et dukkehjem, page 20",
"text": "å, men jeg tankeløse menneske, som sidder her og snakker!",
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{
"english": "do not speak so loudly, man!",
"ref": "1874, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, En fallit, page 63",
"text": "tal da ikke så højt, menneske!",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"english": "now he has put on several pounds of man",
"ref": "1994, Knut Hamsun, Knut Hamsuns brev I, page 479",
"text": "nu har han lagt paa sig adskillige pund menneske",
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"english": "it can be good to have, when a human once arrives",
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"text": "det kan være godt at have, naar der engang kommer et menneske",
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"english": "how can any living person imagine imagining, even dreaming, that all this could ever be changed?",
"ref": "1877, Arne Garborg, Den ny-norske Sprog- og Nationalitetsbevægelse, page 150",
"text": "hvorledes kan noget levende menneske falde paa at indbilde sig, ja at drømme om, at alt dette nogensinde skulde kunne forandres?",
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"english": "can any living human being in our fatherland really give us a clear and unambiguous introduction to the distant obscur where our world of thought is today[?]",
"ref": "1965 February 13, VG, page 3",
"text": "kan noe levende menneske i vårt fedreland egentlig gi oss en klar og utvetydig innføring i det fjerne obscur hvor vår tankeverden idag befinner seg[?]",
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"english": "all this no living man could keep track of",
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"english": "he had not got a living person to speak there either",
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"english": "[he] blushed by exposing his inner man",
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"text": "[jeg er ikke bare hustru og mor, men] først og fremst menneske",
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"english": "a plague-sickly murdered people for fodder",
"ref": "1873, Henrik Ibsen, Kejser og Galilæer, page 31",
"text": "en pestagtig syge myrded mennesker for fode",
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"english": "I am no more than a human being",
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"text": "jeg er da ikke mere end et menneske",
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"english": "[the dog] examines his knees and the whole lower man",
"ref": "1904, Jacob B. Bull, Folkelivsbilleder II, page 3",
"text": "[hunden] undersøger hans knær og hele lavere menneske",
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"english": "I have to give you the big compliment that I think you are a person",
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"english": "the coastal inhabitants could in their small communities be proper enough towards each other, but the stranger did not concern them as human beings",
"ref": "1950, Aksel Sandemose, Eventyret fra kong Rhascall den syttendes tid om en palmegrønn øy, pages 5–6",
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"english": "here was everything a person could wish for",
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"english": "these were people who felt responsible for their neighbor in every way, who respected the noodle salesman as much as their teacher colleagues",
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"english": "Susanne cared about people, and made sure to follow up on people she interviewed",
"ref": "2012, Mette Anthun, Kari Birkeland, Emmas avec",
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"english": "even though it was a wolf, one got to be human and show mercy",
"ref": "1903, Otto Sverdrup, Nyt Land II, page 285",
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"english": "he asks for mercy. - Let's be human! he exhorts",
"ref": "1973, Odd Solumsmoen, Nærme seg livet, page 105",
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"english": "humans and animals and trees and herbs created its just according to eternal laws",
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"english": "in relation to an adult human, the cell is no larger than a sesame seed at the foot of the Eiffel Tower - but… at least as complicated as the whole human",
"ref": "2010, Tore Henriksen, I mors liv",
"text": "i forhold til et voksent menneske er cellen ikke større enn et sesamfrø ved foten av Eiffeltårnet – men … minst like komplisert som hele mennesket",
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"english": "my conduct I can defend before God and men",
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"english": "it is not so good for a single lady to resist, I can believe. - We are all human",
"ref": "1886, Henrik Ibsen, Rosmersholm, page 167",
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"english": "the human mind",
"ref": "1906, Hans E. Kinck, Livsaanderne, page 61",
"text": "menneskens sind",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "likewise it is in the ark of man",
"ref": "1904, Knut Hamsun, Det vilde Kor, page 68",
"text": "ligedan er det i menneskens ark",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "Son of Man; Jesus Christ",
"text": "menneskens sønn",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"man (humans created in the image of God)",
"mankind's"
],
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"(biblical) man (humans created in the image of God)",
"(biblical, obsolete, singular definite with genitive) mankind's"
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"neuter",
"obsolete",
"singular",
"with-genitive"
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"biblical",
"lifestyle",
"religion"
]
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"categories": [
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"Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples"
],
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{
"english": "the human in him had become so suffered",
"ref": "1896, Hans E. Kinck, Sus, page 118",
"text": "mennesket i ham var blit saa lidet",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "[I] chewed every day on the bitter morality to strengthen my inner man against challenges",
"ref": "1898, Kristian Elster, Samlede Skrifter II, page 242",
"text": "[jeg] tyggede hver dag paa den bitre moral for at styrke mit indre menneske mod anfægtelser",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "he has made a kind of real human being out of me",
"ref": "1890, Henrik Ibsen, Hedda Gabler, page 57",
"text": "han har gjort et slags virkeligt menneske ud af mig",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "she was too busy to think further about her outer human now",
"ref": "1913, Knut Hamsun, Børn av Tiden, page 33",
"text": "hun var for optat til at tænke videre paa sit ytre menneske nu",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "what kind of human being are you really, Paul?",
"ref": "1952, Jens Bjørneboe, Før hanen galer, page 145",
"text": "hva er du egentlig for et menneske, Paul?",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "I knew Sven, the human Sven behind all the splendor of a rich shipowner",
"ref": "1960, Gerd Nyquist, Avdøde ønsket ikke blomster, page 28",
"text": "jeg kjente Sven, mennesket Sven bak all glansen av rik skipsreder",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "a minister is just a human being, I understand that the more things I do to politicians",
"ref": "2012, Mette Anthun, Kari Birkeland, Emmas avec",
"text": "en minister er bare et menneske, det forstår jeg jo flere saker jeg gjør på politikere",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "only human; not perfect",
"text": "bare et menneske",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"an individual, person; human being (especially a sensible, civilised and moral person)",
"the sum of a human's characteristics"
],
"links": [
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"individual",
"#English"
],
[
"person",
"#English"
],
[
"human being",
"#English"
],
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"sum",
"#English"
],
[
"characteristic",
"#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Norwegian Bokmål terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "I [felt] sorry for the learned man",
"ref": "1890, Henrik Ibsen, Hedda Gabler, page 97",
"text": "jeg [syntes] synd i det lærde menneske",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "poor man",
"ref": "1888, Henrik Ibsen, Fruen fra havet, page 60",
"text": "stakkers menneske",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "have you heard such a person speak?",
"ref": "1874, H. Meltzer, Politinotitser, page 54",
"text": "har De hørt sligt menneske til at snakke?",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "oh no, what a mouth on that person",
"ref": "1874, Henrik Ibsen, De unges forbund, page 29",
"text": "å nej, for en mund der sidder på det menneske",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "what does man say? Is he crazy?",
"ref": "1918, Gunnar Heiberg, Samlede dramatiske verker II, page 212",
"text": "hvad sier mennesket? Er han gal?",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "oh, but I am a thoughtless man, sitting here talking!",
"ref": "1879, Henrik Ibsen, Et dukkehjem, page 20",
"text": "å, men jeg tankeløse menneske, som sidder her og snakker!",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "do not speak so loudly, man!",
"ref": "1874, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, En fallit, page 63",
"text": "tal da ikke så højt, menneske!",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "now he has put on several pounds of man",
"ref": "1994, Knut Hamsun, Knut Hamsuns brev I, page 479",
"text": "nu har han lagt paa sig adskillige pund menneske",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"an individual, person; human being (especially a sensible, civilised and moral person)",
"a particular or specific person (usually with a clear emotional emphasis, such as a condescending, compassionate or sympathetic intent)"
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"Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples"
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{
"english": "it can be good to have, when a human once arrives",
"ref": "1871, P.Chr. Asbjørnsen, Norske Folke-Eventyr, page 26",
"text": "det kan være godt at have, naar der engang kommer et menneske",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "how can any living person imagine imagining, even dreaming, that all this could ever be changed?",
"ref": "1877, Arne Garborg, Den ny-norske Sprog- og Nationalitetsbevægelse, page 150",
"text": "hvorledes kan noget levende menneske falde paa at indbilde sig, ja at drømme om, at alt dette nogensinde skulde kunne forandres?",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "can any living human being in our fatherland really give us a clear and unambiguous introduction to the distant obscur where our world of thought is today[?]",
"ref": "1965 February 13, VG, page 3",
"text": "kan noe levende menneske i vårt fedreland egentlig gi oss en klar og utvetydig innføring i det fjerne obscur hvor vår tankeverden idag befinner seg[?]",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "all this no living man could keep track of",
"ref": "1995, Mari Osmundsen, Sju sannferdige fortellinger, page 108",
"text": "alt det her kunne ikke noe levende menneske klare å holde rede på",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "he had not got a living person to speak there either",
"ref": "2005, Elisabeth Botterli et al., Madonna-gåten",
"text": "han hadde ikke fått et levende menneske i tale der heller",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "someone, anyone",
"text": "noe levende menneske",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"an individual, person; human being (especially a sensible, civilised and moral person)",
"a non-specific person"
],
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"#English"
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"#English"
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"Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples"
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"english": "[he] blushed by exposing his inner man",
"ref": "1877, Jørgen Moe, Samlede Skrifter II, page 294",
"text": "[han] bluedes ved at blotte sit indre menneske",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "we two old people",
"ref": "1881, Henrik Ibsen, Gengangere, page 27",
"text": "vi to gamle mennesker",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "young, handsome, cheerful people",
"ref": "1882, Henrik Ibsen, En folkefiende, page 15",
"text": "unge, kække, frejdige mennesker",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "then my husband will really see what a person you are",
"ref": "1879, Henrik Ibsen, Et dukkehjem, page 58",
"text": "da får min mand rigtig se, hvilket slet menneske De er",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "I have lived here as a poor man",
"ref": "1879, Henrik Ibsen, Et dukkehjem, page 167",
"text": "jeg har levet her som et fattigt menneske",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "[I am not just a wife and mother, but] first and foremost an individual",
"ref": "1879, Henrik Ibsen, Et dukkehjem, page 171",
"text": "[jeg er ikke bare hustru og mor, men] først og fremst menneske",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "a plague-sickly murdered people for fodder",
"ref": "1873, Henrik Ibsen, Kejser og Galilæer, page 31",
"text": "en pestagtig syge myrded mennesker for fode",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "I am no more than a human being",
"ref": "1918, Gunnar Heiberg, Samlede dramatiske verker II, page 33",
"text": "jeg er da ikke mere end et menneske",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "[the dog] examines his knees and the whole lower man",
"ref": "1904, Jacob B. Bull, Folkelivsbilleder II, page 3",
"text": "[hunden] undersøger hans knær og hele lavere menneske",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "I have to give you the big compliment that I think you are a person",
"ref": "1929, Ronald Fangen, Nogen unge mennesker, page 92",
"text": "jeg må gi dig den store kompliment at jeg synes du er et menneske",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "the coastal inhabitants could in their small communities be proper enough towards each other, but the stranger did not concern them as human beings",
"ref": "1950, Aksel Sandemose, Eventyret fra kong Rhascall den syttendes tid om en palmegrønn øy, pages 5–6",
"text": "kystboerne kunne i de små samfunnene sine være ordentlige nok mot hverandre, men den fremmede angikk dem ikke som menneske",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "here was everything a person could wish for",
"ref": "1999, Ola Bauer, Forløperen, page 52",
"text": "her var alt et menneske kunne ønske seg",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "these were people who felt responsible for their neighbor in every way, who respected the noodle salesman as much as their teacher colleagues",
"ref": "1999, Ketil Bjørnstad, Fall, page 208",
"text": "dette var mennesker som følte ansvar for sin neste på alle måter, som respekterte nudel-selgeren like mye som sine lærerkolleger",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "Susanne cared about people, and made sure to follow up on people she interviewed",
"ref": "2012, Mette Anthun, Kari Birkeland, Emmas avec",
"text": "Susanne brydde seg om mennesker, og passet på å følge opp folk hun intervjuet",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "even though it was a wolf, one got to be human and show mercy",
"ref": "1903, Otto Sverdrup, Nyt Land II, page 285",
"text": "selv om det var ulv, fik en være menneske og vise barmhjerlighed",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "he asks for mercy. - Let's be human! he exhorts",
"ref": "1973, Odd Solumsmoen, Nærme seg livet, page 105",
"text": "han ber om nåde. – La oss være mennesker! formaner han",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "Feel like a new and better person",
"text": "Føle seg som et nytt og bedre menneske",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "let us be human; reasonable, fair",
"text": "la oss være mennesker",
"type": "example"
}
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