verden

earth, realm, scene, world

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(en -er) world ( fx travel round the world; is there life on other worlds? the literary world);

[verdens]

(+ sup) in the world ( fx the richest man in the world; it is the

easiest thing in the world), on earth;

[verdens ende]

(stedligt) the end of the earth,

(tidsmæssigt) the end of the world;

[det er verdens gang] that's the way of the world;

[til ingen verdens nytte] (of) no earthly use;

[al verdens rigdom] all the riches in the world;

[ingen verdens ting] no earthly thing, not a thing;

[ med adj & vb:]

[den anden verden] the other (el. the next) world,

(se også ndf: af, i);

[den fine verden] the fashionable world, Society;

[den gamle (, nye) verden] The Old (, New) World;

[hele verden] all the world, the whole world;

[så længe verden har stået] since the beginning of time;

[så længe verden står] till the end of time;

[nu står verden ikke længere!] well, I never! good Lord!

[tage verden som den er] take the world as it is;

[ med præp:]

[af verden]

(+ sup), se ovf: verdens;

[det bedste menneske af verden] the best man alive, the best of men;

[en verden af] a world of;

[en succes af den anden verden] a tremendous success,

(let glds) no end of a success;

[ikke for alt i verden] not for (anything in) the world; not for worlds;

[hvad i al verden] what on earth? what in the world?

[han lever i en anden verden] he moves in a world of his own (el. a world apart);

[intet i verden] nothing in the world;

[han elskede dette sted over alt i verden] he loved this spot more than anything in the world;

[overalt i verden] all over the world, the (whole) world over;

[sætte børn i verden] bring children into the world;

[over hele verden] = overalt i verden;

[komme til verden] be born,

(fig) see the light (of day).