ordkort

veldig

adverb

very, really

Learn “veldig” in Ordkort

Forms

Masculine / feminineveldig
Neuterveldig
Definiteveldige
Pluralveldige

In simple Norwegian

i høy grad

Examples

  • Det er veldig kaldt i dag.It is very cold today.
  • Tusen takk, det var veldig snilt av deg!Thanks a lot, that was very kind of you!
  • Hun snakker veldig godt norsk.She speaks Norwegian very well.
  • Jeg liker deg veldig godt.I like you very much.
  • Filmen var ikke veldig spennende.The film was not very exciting.

Useful phrases

  • veldig bra very good
  • veldig glad i very fond of
  • ikke veldig not very
  • veldig mye very much

Good to know

Veldig is the everyday word for “very”; svært and meget are more formal. It cannot stand alone with a verb: “I like it very much” is Jeg liker det veldig godt, not “liker det veldig”. Veldig is also an adjective meaning “huge”: en veldig fest.

In Bokmålsordboka

  1. svært stor; mektig, sterk en veldig påkjenning · dyret hadde en veldig kraft
  2. brukt som adverb: i høy grad; svært, særdeles, usedvanlig maten var veldig god · det var veldig snilt sagt

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