A-menneske
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See also: a-menneske
Norwegian Bokmål
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈɑː.mɛnː(ə)skə/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -əskə, -ɛnːskə
- Hyphenation: A-‧men‧ne‧ske
- Homophones: a-menneske, A-mennesket, a-mennesket
Noun
[edit]A-menneske n (definite singular A-mennesket, indefinite plural A-mennesker, definite plural A-menneska or A-menneskene)
- a morning person (a person who wakes up, without difficulty, early each morning and is alert and active during the first part of the day)
- Synonyms: morgenfugl, morgenmenneske
- Antonym: B-menneske
- 1952, Peter Egge, Minner fra nord og syd, page 116:
- b-menneskene forholder sig ofte spydige mot oss a-mennesker
- the b-people often behave sarcastically towards us a-people
- 1948, Arbeiderbladet, page 3:
- a-mennesker er folk som er kvikkest om morgenen
- a-people are people who are quickest in the morning
- 1978, Espen Haavardsholm, Boka om Kalle og Reinert, page 108:
- et tempo som om jeg sku ha blitt A-menneske over natta
- a pace as if I had become an A-person overnight
- 2010, Christopher Friis-Baastad Grøndahl, Arne Svingen, Lenket:
- i motsetning til Vårunn var han et ekte a-menneske, la seg før Kveldsnytt og sto opp i grålysninga
- in contrast to Vårunn, he was a real a-person, went to bed before Kveldsnytt and woke up in the gray light
- (obsolete, rare) a very healthy person
References
[edit]- “A-menneske” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “A-menneske” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
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[edit]Noun
[edit]A-menneske n (definite singular A-mennesket, indefinite plural A-menneske, definite plural A-menneska)
- morning person
- Antonym: B-menneske
References
[edit]- “A-menneske” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Categories:
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *men-
- Norwegian Bokmål terms prefixed with A-
- Norwegian Bokmål terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Bokmål terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Norwegian Bokmål/əskə
- Rhymes:Norwegian Bokmål/ɛnːskə
- Norwegian Bokmål terms with homophones
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål multiword terms
- Norwegian Bokmål neuter nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål terms with quotations
- Norwegian Bokmål terms with obsolete senses
- Norwegian Bokmål terms with rare senses
- nb:Personality
- nb:People
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk multiword terms
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