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Meaning of honnør | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard

Definitions

  1. salute
    common-gender
  2. court card, face card
    common-gender

Examples

“Kaptajnerne gjorde honnør for generalen.”

The captains saluted the general.

“Noget af det første, de lærer er honnøren. For dem, der ikke er nationalsocialister, må det være faldet lidt for brystet, at SS-honnøren skal bruges.”

One of the first things they learn is the salute. Those who are not Nazis must have been somewhat offended by the fact that it is the SS salute that must be used.

“... og de andre Officerer [udfører Honnørgrebet] efter Haanden som den, for hvem Honnøren afgives, kommer forbi dem, ...”

... and the other officers [perform the salute] as the one for whom the salute is given passes them by, ...

“Han gav hånd til de højtstående officerer, besvarede henkastet og muntert honnørerne fra de lavere rangerende folk og satte sig så atter ind i bilen sammen med Höß.”

He shook the hands of the high-ranking officers, casually and cheerfully replied to the salutes from the lower-ranking people and then sat back inside the car with Höß.

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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