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Meaning of mal | Babel Free

Noun masculine
moːl

Definitions

  1. a given dimension; measurement (a measure of spatial extent in a particular direction, such as height, width or breadth, or depth)
    neuter
  2. a template
    masculine
  3. a voice (sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song)
    neuter
  4. aim, goal, purpose, target, destination
    neuter
  5. language, dialect
    neuter
  6. a measured amount; a measure (a prescribed quantity or extent)
    neuter
  7. a language (a body of words, and set of methods of combining them, understood by a community and used as a form of communication)
    in-compounds, literary, neuter
  8. measure, measurement
    neuter
  9. a quantity measured in a specific way; in a specific unit of measurement
    neuter
  10. Nynorsk (one of the two major written standards of Norwegian)
    definite, in-compounds, literary, neuter
  11. an indicator or indication (that which serves to indicate or point out)
    neuter
  12. Used as an ending in compound nouns related to a case, trial, affair, deal.
    neuter
  13. a unit of measure equal to 1,000 m2
    neuter
  14. a measure (a number which is contained in a given number a number of times without a remainder)
    neuter
  15. a measuring tool, device or equipment
    in-compounds, neuter, often
  16. a limit or restriction; the level or point that something reaches
    neuter
  17. a target (a goal or objective)
    neuter
  18. a destination (the place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at)
    neuter
  19. a goal (a result that one is attempting to achieve)
    figuratively, neuter
  20. a goal (line or place that marks the end point of a distance to be covered in a sports competition)
    neuter
  21. a goal (rods (and nets) into which the ball (or puck) is to be sent into)
    neuter
  22. a goal (a point scored in a game as a result of placing the object into the goal)
    neuter
  23. a mealtime (the appointed time at which a meal is served or eaten)
    neuter
  24. a meal (food that is prepared and eaten, at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity)
    neuter
  25. a milking (at one of the regular milking times of the day, morning or evening)
    neuter
  26. a milk that is milked at one time (at one of the fixed milking times of the day) by an entire livestock or by a single animal
    neuter

Examples

“en dres, som man kan faa hos en havneskrædder i London for to pund og seks shilling efter maal”

a suit, which can be obtained from a harbor tailor in London for two pounds and six shillings per measure

“overklasseguttene som går i klær sydd etter mål av skreddere i utlandet”

the upper-class boys who wear clothes sewn to measurements by tailors abroad

“erkjennelse av at vaksinasjonsprogrammene ikke holdt mål i forhold til utviklingen”

recognition that the vaccination programs did not meet targets in relation to the development

“man [innså] motvillig at lokalene [til folkebiblioteket] ikke holdt mål lenger, og den første byggekomiteen ble nedsatt”

one [realized] reluctantly that the premises [of the public library] no longer was useful, and the first building committee was appointed

“[han kunne ikke] holde maal med nogen av de mænd, hun hadde kjendt bedst”

[he could not] measure himself up with any of the men she had known best

“han [hadde] fuldt op at gjøre med at ta mål af hundene, sy sæler til dem”

he [had] fully occupied with taking measurements of the dogs, sewing seals for them

“det ble tatt mål fra alle kanter og sider”

measurements were taken from all edges and sides

“jeg [trasket] gatelangs for å finne skredderen som skulle ta mål til den hvite koloniuniformen”

I [trotted] down the street to find the tailor who was to measure up to the white colony uniform

“vi tar mål av hverandre, omtrent som om vi skulle ha vært to erfarne gamle lettvektboksere samlet til en siste oldingaktig dyst”

we inspect each other, almost as if we were two experienced old lightweight boxers gathered for one last old-fashioned race

“offiserssønnen fra Bergen tar mål av seg til å fange opp hva som er typisk for den europeiske samtiden”

the officer's son from Bergen aims to capture what is typical of contemporary Europe

“Bjelken har ikke de riktige målene.”

The beam does not have the correct dimensions.

“holde mål”

fill a dimension; be usable

“holde mål med”

be equal to

“ta mål”

to takemeasures

“ta mål av noen”

inspect someone (critically)

“ta mål av seg”

to aim for

“jeg øged mine dages mål ved bistand af det svenske stål”

I increased my day's measures with the help of Swedish steel

“alle ved, at lykken i vidunderligt mål har fulgt dig indtil denne tid”

everyone knows that happiness in wonderful amounts has followed you until this time

“et livs bredfulde maal af glæde og kval”

a life-wide measure of joy and anguish

“hvilken velsignelse der ligger i flittigt arbeide, fik vi føle i fuldt maal i polarnattens mørke”

what a blessing lies in diligent work, we got to feel in full measure in the darkness of the polar night

“foreldrene ønskede et større mål af undervisningstid for skolebørnene”

the parents wanted a larger amount of teaching time for the school children

“oppløftelsen er der i fullt mål, men hvis du lytter etter, kan du merke at hjertet ditt dunker på en litt anstrengt måte”

the upliftment is there in full measure, but if you listen, you may notice that your heart is pounding in a slightly strained way

“[løpet] endte med seier til Tandari, mens Varingen skuffet stort. For godt mål vant så Tandari fjerde løp”

[the race] ended with a victory for Tandari, while Varingen was very disappointed. For good measure, Tandari won the fourth race

“i Dijon i Frankrike svingte [stavhopperen Sergej Bubka] seg over 6,11 i juni, og for godt mål plusset han to centimeter på sin verdensrekord”

in Dijon, France, [pole vaulter Sergej Bubka] swung over 6.11 in June, and for good measure he plus two centimeters on his world record

“oppå det aller tykkeste laget av slik alunskifer … ligger regjeringsbygget, og der ligger Stortinget og der ligger for godt mål også VG og Dagbladet”

on top of the thickest layer of such alum shale… is the government building, and there is the Storting and there is for good measure also VG and Dagbladet

“for godt mål”

for good measure

“strøket mål; strykmål”

quantity that holds a unit of measure

“toppet mål; toppmål”

abundant amount

“et maal grovmalet kaffe”

a measure of coarsely ground coffee

“ferritin … er et godt mål på det generelle jernnivået i kroppen”

ferritin… is a good indicator of the overall iron level in the body

“[glasshuset] dekket et område på 26 acres, som skulle bli over hundre norske mål”

[the glass house] covered an area of 26 acres, which was to be over a hundred Norwegian mål

“lægg sligt et mål på hvem du vil, og se om nogen strækker til”

put such a measure on who you want and see if anyone suffices

“jeg er ængstelig for ikke at fylde maal”

I'm anxious not to suffice

“målet er fullt”

the limits of patience have been reached

“kirken har ej mål og ende”

the church has no limit or end

“den, der overskrider det mål, der er sat i hans stand eller stilling, taber sit gode rygte”

he who exceeds the limit set in his condition or position loses his good reputation

“alting med maal og maade, som skrædderen sa, han dængte kjærringen med alnen”

all with a good act, as the tailor said, he beat the old woman with the elm

“mål og måte”

way of acting; good behaviour

“alle øjne rettede mod det samme mål”

all eyes fixed on the same target

“mitraljøsekulene er eslet til å virke mot levende mål”

the machine-gun bullets are designed to work against living targets

“vi peser oss opp til hotellet, målet er flasken med kildevann som står i kjøleskapet”

we head up to the hotel, the target is the bottle of spring water that is in the fridge

“tokter der vi fløy så lavt som mulig mot fiendtlige mål”

raids where we flew as low as possible towards enemy targets

“som du vet er praktisk talt alle våre forsvarsvåpen basert på at målet følges med radarer”

as you know, virtually all of our defense weapons are based on the target being followed by radars

“[Carl Fredrik] Engelstad mener forfatteren [Bjørneboe i romanen Jonas] skyter over mål i sitt angrep på folkeskolen”

[Carl Fredrik] Engelstad thinks the author [Bjørneboe in the novel Jonas] aims too high in his attack on the primary school

“skyte over målet”

aim too high

“[hun] gik langsomt nedover, stansede og gik, som havde hun intet mål”

[she] walked slowly downhill, stopped and walked as if she had no destination

“se hist vor rejses mål! Se Romas mure!”

see here the destinations of our journey! See the walls of Rome!

“[de] fo’r om i værelserne og ude paa gaardspladsen uden noget maal”

[they] wandered around the rooms and out into the courtyard without any destination

“det egner manden at opstille sig et høit maal”

it is suitable for the man to set himself a high goal

“vi vil sejre; – og så står jeg ved målet”

we will win; - and then I stand by the goal

“[jeg] skulde lade min fremtid glide ind i et fejl spor og aldrig komme til målet?”

[I] should let my future slip into a wrong track and never get to the goal?

“se, målet for personlighedens virke er dog at stå selvstændig, sand og fri”

see, however, the goal of the personality's work is to stand independent, true and free

“de andre delte sig mod spredte mål”

the others split towards scattered goals

“det er forbi! Mit liv har intet mål”

it's over! My life has no goal

“har kanske ikke fortællingerne om guderne en stor hensigt og et vigtigt mål?”

perhaps the tales of the gods do not have a great purpose and an important goal?

“[skuespillerselskaper som] opfatter kunstudøvelsen ikke som maal men som middel”

[actor companies that] perceive the practice of art not as a goal but as a means

“umennesket derude jublet i sit stille sind. Nu følte han sig nær maalet”

the inhuman out there cheered in his quiet mind. Now he felt close to the goal

“tænke sig at gjøre midlet til maal og være stolt av det”

imagine making the means a goal and be proud of it

“vé den mand, der ikke sætter sig maal”

woe to the man who does not set goals

“her er sammenhæng og maal”

here is coherence and goals

“det overordnede målet er å være landets største [politiske] parti”

the overall goal is to be the country's largest [political] party

“mestre et liv på ordentlig, ha en plan og ikke subbe rundt uten mål og mening”

master a life properly, have a plan and do not subbe around without goals and meaning

“Valleng og mannskap [kommer] i mål som nummer to, bare noen båtlengder efter tyskerne”

Valleng and crew [finish] as number two, just a few boat lengths behind the Germans

“båtene går i mål i Horten”

the boats finish in Horten

“[gå] i mål med 34 poeng”

[go] to the finish with 34 points

“nordmannen var helt utmattet der han kom i mål på ny personlig rekord”

The Norwegian was completely exhausted when he reached the finish line on a new personal record

“jo raskere vi kommer i mål med innsamlingsaksjonen, jo raskere kan vi rette hele vår oppmerksomhet [mot] våre politiske oppgaver”

the sooner we reach the goal of the fundraising campaign, the sooner we can direct all our attention [towards] our political tasks

“det var ti år siden starten, da de var i mål med kjøpet av vingården Cascina Castagna … i Piemonte”

it was ten years since the start, when they were in the process of acquiring the Cascina Castagna winery ... in Piedmont

“komme/være i mål med”

to finish; be done with

“på de siste 11 minuttene hadde Fyllingen seks skudd på mål, bare to av disse gikk inn”

in the last 11 minutes, Fyllingen had six shots on goal, only two of these went in

“han [får] høye baller inn foran mål”

he [gets] high balls in front of goal

“NSB er ikke så bak mål som vittighetene hans vil ha det til, flesker til med gratisservering til sine nødstedte passasjerer”

NSB is not as unreasonable as his jokes want it to be, bottles of free service to its distressed passengers

“så var det en ettermiddag at keeper'n måtte gå, og gutta hadde ingen tel å stå i mål”

then it was an afternoon that the keeper had to go, and the guys had no one to be the goalkeeper

“Ingolf Pedersen, Odd, kommer til aa vogte maalet”

Ingolf Pedersen, Odd, will guard the goal

“det [kommer] til å bli en ren konkurransesituasjon om hvem som vokter målet denne sesongendet [kommer] til å bli en ren konkurransesituasjon om hvem som vokter målet denne sesongen”

it [is] going to be a pure competitive situation over who guards the goal this season

“bak mål”

unreasonable; far from reality; stupid

“stå i mål; vokte målet”

be a goalkeeper

“ved sidebytte ledet skolens lag med to mål”

by side swap, the school team led by two goals

“hun, var med munken over i gjestehuset og fik et maal mat”

she, was with the monk over in the guesthouse and got a meal

“han kom stille ind, naar de bad ham til maals”

he came in quietly when they asked to come for a meal

“bjeldekua melkede sine fem potter i maalet”

the bell cow milked its five pots in the milking

“den mindste Bukken Bruse … var saa fin i maalet”

the smallest Billy Goat Gruff … was talking so nicely

“«For voksent mål han har fåt!» sagde moderen”

"What an adult voice he's got!" said mother

“regimentschirurgen var den, som næst bispen havde det sterkeste maal”

the regimental surgeon was the one who next the bishop had the strongest voice

“han skalv i maalet”

he trembled in his voice

“det var da underligt, at jeg ikke skulde få målet for mig, tænkte Thorbjørn”

it was strange then that I should not get the voice for myself, Thorbjørn thought

“det var umulig å høre mands mål”

it was impossible to hear the man's voice

“[terneflokken] skreg slig, at vi ikke kunde høre mands maal”

[the flock of terns] screamed like that we could not hear the man's voice

“Fjeld gav [hunden] paa grund av dens kraftige maal navnet «Sang»”

Fjeld gave [the dog] because of its powerful voice the name "Sang"

“så å si alt som har mål og mæle i Arbeiderpartiet er i aktivitet på talerstolen søndag”

virtually everything that has the opportunity to speak in the Labor Party is in activity on the rostrum on Sunday

“mål og mæle”

ability to speak

“deres mål lød malebarisk”

their language sounded Malabaric

“det gamle maal i dalen klang”

the old language of the valley was heard

“det knudsenske maal”

the Knudsen language

“[fru Groa] hadde selv skrevet om paa norsk maal salernitanske urtebøker”

[Mrs Groa] had herself written Salernitanic herbal books in the Norwegian language

“Sira Eirik steg frem i lektoriet og tolket evangeliet paa landets maal”

Sira Eirik stepped forward in the lecture and interpreted the gospel in the language of the country

“et skurrende mål som røbet galisieren”

a jarring language that revealed the Galician

“skulle jeg kriticere [lystspillet] «Dan rette sida» fra et mere almindeligt standpunkt, saa vilde jeg sige at den var formeget om maalet og forlidet paa maalet”

should I criticize [the amusement play] «Dan rette sida» from a more general point of view, then I would say that it was shaped about Nynorsk and based on Nynorsk

“selv paa amtsskoler og aftenskoler, tildels endog paa almueskoler, er «maalet» begyndt at trænge ind”

even in county and evening schools, to some extent even in peasant schools, «Nynorsk» has begun to force itself in

“fast orator ved disse fester [«russelag»] var A. O. Vinje – som dengang [i 1853] endnu ikke talte paa maalet”

regular orator at these parties [«russelag»] was A. O. Vinje - who at that time [in 1853] did not yet speak Nynorsk

“siden præsten Lassen var paa Segelfoss hadde maalet faat et stolt opsving her”

since the priest Lassen was at Segelfoss, Nynorsk had received a proud recovery here

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