kvitt
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Adjective
kvitt
- neuter singular of kvit
Etymology 2
Adjective
kvitt (indeclinable)
- være / bli kvitt - be rid of (something)
- all square, quits
Etymology 3
Verb
kvitt
- imperative of kvitte
References
- “kvitt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʋɪtː/
Etymology 1
Adjective
kvitt n
- neuter singular of kvit
Etymology 2
Adjective
kvitt (indeclinable)
- vere / bli kvitt - be rid of (something)
- all square, quits
References
- “kvitt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology 1
Derived from Middle Low German quit, from Old French quitte, from Medieval Latin quitus, from Latin quiētus.
Adjective
kvitt (not comparable)
- (with bli) get rid of, shake off
- Jag hoppas jag blir kvitt förkylningen snart
- I hope I shake this cold soon
- (with vara) be rid of
- Skönt att äntligen vara kvitt förkylningen
- Nice to finally be rid of the cold
- to be even, to be quits
- Jag slog dig, och du slog mig, så nu är vi kvitt
- I hit you, and you hit me, so now we're even
- Här är pengarna jag lånade. Vi är kvitt nu, eller hur?
- Here's the money I borrowed. We're quits now, right?
Related terms
Etymology 2
Back-formation from kvittra.
Interjection
kvitt
- tweet (representing bird singing)
- Synonyms: kviddevitt, kvivitt
- "Kvitt kvitt!" kvittrar fågeln
- "Tweet tweet!" tweets the bird