trippel-dobbel

Norwegian Bokmål

Magic Johnson has the most NBA career postseason triple-doubles with 30.

Alternative forms

• TD

Etymology

Calque of English triple double, an international basketball term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɪpːəl.dɔbːəl/

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• Rhymes: -əl
• Hyphenation: trip‧pel‧dob‧bel
• Homophone: TD

Noun

trippel-dobbel m (definite singular trippel-dobbelen, indefinite plural trippel-dobbeler, definite plural trippel-dobbelene)

1. (sports, basketball) triple double (the achievement of a two-digit number of any three of points scored, assists, rebounds, blocks, or steals in a single game)

   Trippel-dobbeler er vanligere enn firdobbel-dobbeler, men ikke fullt så lette å oppnå som dobbel-dobbeler.

   Triple doubles are more common than quadruple-double, but not quite as easy to achieve as double-doubles.

See also

• dobbel-dobbel (“double-double”), DD (“DD”)
• firdobbel-dobbel (“quadruple double”)
• femdobbel-dobbel (“quintuple double”)
• fem-av-fem (“five-by-five”)