Meaning of absurd | Babel Free
abˈsʉɖDefinitions
Examples
“et absurd spørsmål”
an absurd question
“dette er jo ganske absurd”
this is quite absurd
“absurde traditioner”
absurd traditions
“en saa absurd forbindelse – med en stor rødhaaret bondepige”
such an absurd connection - with a big red-haired peasant girl
“situasjonen er absurd, tenker jeg”
the situation is absurd, I think
“radikalt nye innfallsvinkler og synsmåter står alltid i fare for å framtre som absurde og paradoksale”
radically new approaches and views are always in danger of appearing absurd and paradoxical
“[keiser Frans Josef] var en ensom mann, resignert, men fylt av en nesten absurd pliktfølelse”
[Emperor Francis Joseph] was a lonely man, resigned, but filled with an almost absurd sense of duty
“i billedkunsten er det åpenbart absurd å tale om noe fremskritt”
in the visual arts, it is obviously absurd to talk about any progress
“en absurd komedie eller et absurd melodrama”
an absurd comedy or an absurd melodrama
“i absurd litteratur mangler gjerne motsetningen mellom normalitet og fantastikk”
in absurd literature, the contrast between normality and fantastic is often lacking
“framførelsen nærmer seg grensen til absurd komikk”
the performance is approaching the limit of absurd comedy
“ordenes sammenbrudd, som kanskje er det viktigste fellestema ved det absurde teater”
the breakdown of words, which is perhaps the most important common theme of the absurd theater
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