Noun: aning
Gender: Masculine, Feminine
Hyphenation:
Definite
| Sg. | aninga; aningen |
| Pl. | aningene |
Sample Sentences
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bag usynlighedens værn mine fugle skulde tvinde, i en anings trillers rad, takkens kvad (behind the shield of invisibility my birds were to twist, in a row of trills a whirl, the squeal of thanks) [1875, Henrik Ibsen, Digte, page 165:]
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Siri hadde en aning om, at han var i et særskilt ærend idag (Siri had an idea that he was on a special errand today) [1920, Peter Egge, Inde i Fjordene, page 223:]
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jeg vet ikke. – Ingen aning? (I do not know. - No idea?) [1994, Line Baugstø, Brist:]
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[han var] kald i målet, og med en aning av flir i ene munnvika ([he was] cold in his language, and with a hint of grin in one corner of his mouth) [1973, Mikkjel Fønhus, Under Skagsnuten, page 6:]
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forklaringen er nok en aning mer komplisert (the explanation is probably a bit more complicated) [1971, Morgenbladet, page 3:]
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ung bøk og gammel eik og en aning selje, det er det hun leter etter (young beech and old oak and a little willow, that's what she's looking for) [2008, Erling Pedersen, Kongens kvinner:]
Nouns inflected like aning
nedbryting,
nedbrytning,
etablering,
frokostblanding,
sender,
avbildning,
etterretning,
sjølei,
betongsag,
havstrømning,
koldnålsradering,
skarphet,
villmark,
bedring,
atomvekt,
klimaendring,
beiting,
kulltegning,
bergart,
berging, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
ane + -ing, verbal noun form of ane (“guess, sense; suspect”), from Low German anen. Last part from Old Norse -ingr m, -ingi m, -ing f, from Proto-Germanic *-ingō, *-ungō. See: Old Norse Nouns '
-ingr'.
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