Meaning of avis | Babel Free

Definitions

1. a newspaper (a publication, usually published daily or weekly and usually printed on cheap, low-quality paper, containing news and other articles)
   feminine, masculine
2. a newspaper
   feminine
3. a financial enterprise that consists of publishing a newspaper; newspaper agency
   feminine, masculine
4. an office where the newspaper editorial office is located
   feminine, masculine

Examples

“ikke et ord i avisen”

keep something secret

“du mener nok ikke, vi holder aviser”

you probably do not mean, we keep newspapers

“der vil blive skrevet korrespondencer i aviserne i nabobyerne”

correspondence will be written in the newspapers of the neighboring towns

“generalen sad … og læste aviserne”

the general sat… and read the newspapers

“hun har nemlig havt en historie og har staaet i aviserne nylig”

she has had a story and has been in the newspapers recently

“jeg abonnerer på åtte aviserjeg abonnerer på åtte aviser”

I subscribe to eight newspapers

“bunker med illegale aviser”

piles of illegal newspapers

“hun hadde gått for å hente avisen”

she had gone to get the newspaper

“et gammelt munnheld sier «ikke et ord i avisen» om noe som skal være topphemmelig”

an old saying goes "not a word in the newspaper" about something that should be top secret

“foreløbig må avisene ikke vite noe om dette. Altså ikke et ord i avisen om at vi følger et nytt spor”

for the time being, the newspapers must not know anything about this. In other words, not a word in the newspaper that we are following a new path

“hun er ansatt i en avis”

she is employed by a newspaper

“han gikk ned i avisen for å snakke med redaktøren”

he went down to the newspaper to talk to the editor