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NORWEGIAN BOKMÅL · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

av.

off (not operating)

2 characters1 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

adv/ɑːʋ//ɑː/
  1. off (not operating)

  2. off (so as to be removed or separated)

  3. onwards

    colloquial
  4. of

  5. now

Where this word comes from

From Old Norse af (“of, from, off, by”), from Proto-Germanic *ab (“away from”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”).

prep/ɑːʋ//ɑː/
  1. from

  2. by (in construction of the passive tense)

    Huset ble malt av ham.
  3. of

  4. for

  5. in, out of

  6. on

    Avhengig av.
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse af (“of, from, off, by”), from Proto-Germanic *ab (“away from”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”).

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