nok

enough, plenty, sufficient

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I. (en -ker)

(mar) (af rå) yard arm;

(af gaffel) peak.

II. adj

(tilstrækkelig) enough ( fx have enough money, have money enough),

F sufficient ( fx sufficient food; sufficient reason);

adv enough ( fx you have slept enough; she is old enough to be your mother);

F sufficiently;

(sandsynligvis) very likely, probably;

(konstrueres ofte med) be sure to ( fx han kommer nok he is sure to come);

[besynderligt (el. mærkeligt, sært, underligt) nok] oddly (el. curiously, strangely) enough, strange to say;

[du forstår mig nok] you know what I mean;

[jeg har fået nok af din uforskammethed] I have had (quite) enough of your impudence;

[gad nok], se gide;

[godt nok], se god;

[det går nok] it will be all right; don't you worry;

[han har nok at gøre] he has his hands full (med at -ing);

[han har nok i sin egen familie] he is only concerned with his own family;

[han har nok i sine egne problemer] he has problems enough of his own;

[hver dag har nok i sin plage] sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof;

[ikke nok med det] not only that; to make matters worse;

[man kan ikke være forsigtig nok] you can't be too careful;

[åh far, må vi ikke nok?] please daddy, won't you let us? (el. do let us!);

[sagde jeg det ikke nok!] I told you so! didn't I tell you!

[vil du ikke nok svare?] won't you give me an answer, please?

...;

[du kan nok tænke] you can imagine;

[det kan nok være han blev vred!] he was angry and no mistake! and wasn't he angry!

[det kan nok være du er vokset!] my (word), how you have grown!

[det kan være nok] that will do;

[nu kan det være nok!] enough of that! stop it! enough is enough!

[det er let nok for dig at] it's easy enough (el. all right) for you to

( fx laugh);

[kaffen er lige stærk nok] the coffee is rather strong,

T the coffee is a bit on the strong side;

[det er lige skrapt nok!]

T it's a bit thick!

[han er lige smart nok]

T he is too clever by half;

[det mente jeg nok] I thought so (el. as much);

[jeg må nok hellere] I suppose I had better ( fx tell you);

[det må jeg nok sige!]

(overrasket) well, how about that! well, I never!

(forarget) I like that!

[det må du nok sige] you may well say so;

T you can say `that again;

(ofte =) yes (, no) indeed;

[hvad skal vi gøre? ja det må du nok sige!] what shall we do? what indeed!

[må vi ikke nok], se ovf;

[nok om det] enough said, enough of that;

[være sig selv nok] be self-sufficient,

F be sufficient unto oneself;

[du skal nok høre fra mig] you shall hear from me;

[jeg skal nok gøre det!] I'll do it (all right)!

[nok så]

(mindst lige så) rather more ( fx rather more tired than yesterday);

(meget) very, quite ( fx nok så net quite nicely);

[om han havde nok så mange penge] however much money he had;

[nok så stor som] at least (el. fully) as big as;

[det er varmt nok til at vi kan gå ud at bade] it is hot enough for us to go swimming;

[det vil jeg nok sige!] se ovf: det må jeg nok sige;

[vil du ikke nok], se ovf;

[være nok] be enough,

F suffice, be sufficient;

[nok er det at] the fact remains that.

III. adv (yderligere):

[nok én] one more, another;

[nok en gang] once more, once again.