"avgrunn" meaning in Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

Forms: avgrunnen [definite, singular], avgrunnar [indefinite, plural], avgrunnane [definite, plural]
Etymology: Compound word, av (“off”) + grunn (“ground”), loan-translation from Middle Low German (compare German German Abgrund). Etymology templates: {{m|nn|av||off}} av (“off”), {{m|nn|grunn||ground}} grunn (“ground”), {{der|nn|gml|-}} Middle Low German, {{cog|de|Abgrund}} German Abgrund
  1. abyss, chasm (a bottomless or unfathomed depth), also used in a figurative sense (hell, place of suffering) Tags: masculine Derived forms: avgrunnsdjup, på avgrunnens rand, menneskesjelens avgrunnar
    Sense id: en-avgrunn-nn-noun-hlwsrLj7 Categories (other): Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header Synonyms: brådjup, bråstup, canyon, djup, gap, gjel, juv, kløft, kluft, sluk, slukt, stup, svelg, forskjell, forderv, helvete, naud, nød, undergang Synonyms (abyss; unfathomed depth, chasm): botnløyse Synonyms (gap; difference): avstand Synonyms (hell, ruin): forderving

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      "form": "avgrunnar",
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      "form": "avgrunnane",
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          "english": "The mountaineer slipped and fell into the chasm.",
          "text": "Fjellklatraren glei og fall ned i avgrunnen."
        },
        {
          "english": "The damned shall perish in the suffering of the abyss.",
          "text": "Dei fordømte skal fortapast i avgrunnens pine."
        },
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          "english": "literally: \"the abyss exists to emerge from, and not to perish in\"",
          "ref": "Avgrunnen er til å stige opp or, og ikkje til å forkomast i. (Tarjei Vesaas)",
          "text": "To emerge from it and not to perish in it is why the abyss exists."
        },
        {
          "english": "There was a huge gap between their points of view.",
          "text": "Det var en avgrunn mellom synspunkta deira."
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          "word": "brådjup"
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          "word": "bråstup"
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          "word": "kløft"
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          "word": "sluk"
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          "word": "slukt"
        },
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          "word": "stup"
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        {
          "word": "svelg"
        },
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          "word": "forskjell"
        },
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          "word": "forderv"
        },
        {
          "word": "helvete"
        },
        {
          "word": "naud"
        },
        {
          "word": "nød"
        },
        {
          "word": "undergang"
        },
        {
          "sense": "gap; difference",
          "word": "avstand"
        },
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          "sense": "hell, ruin",
          "word": "forderving"
        }
      ],
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  ],
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      "word": "avgrunnsdjup"
    },
    {
      "word": "på avgrunnens rand"
    },
    {
      "word": "menneskesjelens avgrunnar"
    }
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      "form": "avgrunnar",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "avgrunnane",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
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          "text": "Fjellklatraren glei og fall ned i avgrunnen."
        },
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          "english": "The damned shall perish in the suffering of the abyss.",
          "text": "Dei fordømte skal fortapast i avgrunnens pine."
        },
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        },
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      "sense": "abyss; unfathomed depth, chasm",
      "word": "botnløyse"
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    {
      "word": "brådjup"
    },
    {
      "word": "bråstup"
    },
    {
      "word": "canyon"
    },
    {
      "word": "djup"
    },
    {
      "word": "gap"
    },
    {
      "word": "gjel"
    },
    {
      "word": "juv"
    },
    {
      "word": "kløft"
    },
    {
      "word": "kluft"
    },
    {
      "word": "sluk"
    },
    {
      "word": "slukt"
    },
    {
      "word": "stup"
    },
    {
      "word": "svelg"
    },
    {
      "sense": "gap; difference",
      "word": "avstand"
    },
    {
      "word": "forskjell"
    },
    {
      "sense": "hell, ruin",
      "word": "forderving"
    },
    {
      "word": "forderv"
    },
    {
      "word": "helvete"
    },
    {
      "word": "naud"
    },
    {
      "word": "nød"
    },
    {
      "word": "undergang"
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}

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