utakande
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From u- (“un-”) + takande (“takeable”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²ʉːˌtɑːkɑndə/, /²ʉːˌtɑːkɑnə/
Adjective
utakande (singular and plural utakande, comparative meir utakande, superlative mest utakande)
- untakable
- 1861, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, "Ferdaminni fraa Sumaren 1860":
- Det var inkje Under, at han greip etter Sværdet sit og glodde fælent uppetter Fjøllsida og sagde, at Noreg var utakande.
- No wonder that he reached for his sword and looked at the mountainside in despair and said that Norway was untakable.
- Det var inkje Under, at han greip etter Sværdet sit og glodde fælent uppetter Fjøllsida og sagde, at Noreg var utakande.
- 1861, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, "Ferdaminni fraa Sumaren 1860":
References
- “utakande” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.