sett – Norwegian Bokmål noun declension

Norwegian Bokmål noun forms of sett

Noun: sett
Gender: Neuter, Masculine Hyphenation:

Indefinite

Sg.sett
Pl.sett; setter

Definite

Sg.settet; setten
Pl.setta; settene

Sample Sentences

  • et sett nøkler (a set of keys)
  • et sæt undertøj (a set of underwear) [1892, Henrik Ibsen, Bygmester Solness [The Master Builder], page 51:]
  • et sett med regler (a set of rules)
  • [isskruingen] kom i regelmæssige sæt, som efter en bestemt takt ([The pressure of the ice] came in regular sequences, as if to a fixed rhythm.) [1897, Fridtjof Nansen, Fram over Polhavet [Farthest North], volume I, page 494:]
  • Han snakket i ett sett. ― He talked continuously. (i ett sett — continuously, without stopping; constantly)
  • Hun var en banebryter på mange sett. (She was a pioneer in many ways.)
  • på sett og vis (in a way; in some sense or to some extent)
  • Hunden gjorde et sett fram. (The dog lunged forwards.)
  • det gav et sæt i hende (It made her start.) [1914, Sigrid Undset, Vaaren, page 190:]
  • det [begynner] med ett sæt at skrue (It [begins] suddenly to press.) [1897, Fridtjof Nansen, Fram over Polhavet [Farthest North], volume I, page 246:]
  • O.T.K.-laget sikret seg første sett 6–2, og Stabæk annet 6–3 (The O.T.K. team secured the first set 6–2, and Stabæk the second 6–3.) [1945 September 27, Verdens Gang, page 6:]
  • Bandet spilte to sett. (The band played two sets.)
  • de etablerte amerikanske [film]stjernene er ikke overrasket over å ha norske kolleger på settet (The established American [film] stars are not surprised to have Norwegian colleagues on the set.) [2013 August 19, Fædrelandsvennen, page 14:]

Nouns inflected like sett

sekund, script, museklikk, appendiks, lesepuff, eid, lag, tau, sku, smell, kapitel, felt, lokk, bord, holt, host, tegn, pant, sett,

Etymology

1. From sette (“to set, put, place”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *satjaną (“to set, place”), from Proto-Indo-European *sodéyeti (“to cause to sit”), the causative of *sed- (“to sit”). The intervening history of the verb is through Danish sætte and Old Danish sætiæ and sættæ.
2. The sports, music and film senses are influenced by English set, which ultimately has the same Proto-Germanic origin.

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