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NORWEGIAN BOKMÅL · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

hel.

whole, unbroken

3 characters1 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

adj

  1. whole, unbroken

    Hun har ikke røykt på en hel uke.
    Jeg vet ikke, hele denne greia virker litt risikabel for meg.

  2. pure, all

    Jeg fikk tak i en genser i hel ull, den blir god å ha når vinteren kommer.

  3. it, all of it, the whole/entire thing

    Og det beste ved det hele er at jeg slipper å se deg i to, hele måneder!
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse heill (“whole, complete”), from Proto-Germanic *hailaz.

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