noget

pron

(adjektivisk) (en vis mængde) some, a little,

(noget som helst) any;

(substantivisk) (et eller andet) something ( fx he knows something; something unusual had happened);

(noget som helst) anything;

[der var sket noget uheldigt]

(også) an unfortunate thing had happened;

[noget (helt) andet], se II. anden og II. helt;

adv (i nogen grad) a little,

F somewhat,

T a bit ( fx deaf);

(i nogen tid) (for) some time, (for) a while;

(et stykke vej) some distance, not far;

[han tror han er noget (stort)] he thinks he is somebody;

[ikke noget] not anything, nothing ( fx he did not say anything, he said nothing);

(+ sb) not any, no ( fx bread);

[hun er noget så sød] she is such a nice girl; she is awfully (el.

terribly) nice;

(se også gøre, sige, sådan);

[ med præp:]

[noget af] some (, any) of ( fx some of the cake is left; is any of it left?); part of;

[det er noget af det bedste man kan få] that is about the best you can get;

[han er noget af en tømrer] he is something (, T: a bit) of a carpenter;

[noget `efter] after a while, some time later (el. after);

[noget for noget] one good turn deserves another; give and take;

F quid pro quo;

[det er lige noget for mig] that is just the thing for me;

[være noget for andre] be something for others;

[finde en at være noget for] find somebody to take care of;

[han er noget for sig (selv)] he is something (, T: a bit) of an oddity; he is quite a character;

[hvad for noget?] what?

[hvad er det for noget?] what is that?

[der er noget i (el. om) det han siger] there is something (el. some truth) in what he says; he has a point;

[der er noget om det] there is something (el. some truth) in it;

[han er noget på et kontor] he has a job in an office,

T he is something or other in an office;

[der er ikke noget ved det] it is not much good;

(se også blive (til)).