Pronunciation

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Verb

abonnentCategory:French non-lemma forms#ABONNENTCategory:French verb forms#ABONNENTCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#ABONNENTCategory:Pages with entries#ABONNENTCategory:Pages with 4 entries#ABONNENT

1. third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of abonner

Etymology

From GermanCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms borrowed from German#ABONNENTCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from German#ABONNENT Abonnent (“subscriber”), derived from the verb abonnieren (“subscribe”), from FrenchCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from French#ABONNENT abonner (“subscribe”), from Old FrenchCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old French#ABONNENT aboner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abʊˈnɛnt/Category:Norwegian Bokmål terms with IPA pronunciation#ABONNENT

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• Rhymes: -ɛntCategory:Rhymes:Norwegian Bokmål/ɛnt#ABONNENT
• Hyphenation: ab‧on‧nent

Noun

abonnent m (definite singular abonnenten, indefinite plural abonnenter, definite plural abonnentene)Category:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#ABONNENTCategory:Norwegian Bokmål nouns#ABONNENTCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#ABONNENTCategory:Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns#ABONNENTCategory:Pages with entries#ABONNENTCategory:Pages with 4 entries#ABONNENT

1. a subscriber (a person who subscribes to a publication or a service)

   mangeårig, trofast abonnent ― long-standing, faithful subscriberCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples#ABONNENT

   være abonnent på lokalavisen ― be a subscriber to the local newspaperCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples#ABONNENT

   nye abonnenter til podkasten ― new subscribers to the podcastCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples#ABONNENT

   • 1882, Henrik Ibsen, En folkefiende, page 215:

     abonnenter på «Folkebudet»

     subscribers to «Folkebudet»

     Category:Norwegian Bokmål terms with quotations#ABONNENT

   • 1990, Halfdan Kjerulf, Halfdan Kjerulfs dagbøker for årene 1833, 1840, 1850, 1851, page 242:

     de ikke musikalske abonnenter … vare saare tilfredse

     the non-musical subscribers… be very satisfied

     Category:Norwegian Bokmål terms with quotations#ABONNENT

   • 1999, Knut Hamsun, Knut Hamsuns brev V, page 425:

     jeg har gjort mig til abonnent paa Deres blad, men jeg vil ikke ha det sendt hvis ekspeditionen vedblir at forvanske mit navn

     I've subscribed to your magazine, but I do not want it sent if the expedition continues to distort my name.

     Category:Norwegian Bokmål terms with quotations#ABONNENT

   • 1921, Nils Kjær, Samlede Skrifter V, page 102:

     [setesdalsbonden] var abonnent paa rigstelefonen og havde sikkert opfanget et og annet rygte om kristendommens indførelse

     [setesdalsbonden] was a subscriber to the national telephone and had probably picked up a few rumors about the introduction of Christianity

     Category:Norwegian Bokmål terms with quotations#ABONNENT

   • 1932, Rudolf Muus, Dikterliv i gamle Kristiania, page 23:

     Sagene blev oversvømmet av kolportører som fisket abonnenter i massevis

     The saws were flooded by colporteurs who fished subscribers galore

     Category:Norwegian Bokmål terms with quotations#ABONNENT

   • 1978 September 18, Aftenposten:

     til syvende og sist er det abonnentene som rammes av dårlig økonomi i elektrisitetsverkene

     ultimately, it is the subscribers who are affected by poor finances in the electricity plants

     Category:Norwegian Bokmål terms with quotations#ABONNENT

   • 2000, Espen Haavardsholm, Øst for Eden, page 185:

     det er abonnenter og annonsører som skal verves og purres på

     there are subscribers and advertisers to be recruited and encouraged

     Category:Norwegian Bokmål terms with quotations#ABONNENT

2. (jokingly) a person who is happy to sign up (for something) or wants something
   • 1921, Jonas Lie, Samlede Digterverker IX, page 164:

     en vældig abonnent paa grødterrinen

     a huge subscriber to the porridge terrine

     Category:Norwegian Bokmål terms with quotations#ABONNENT

References

• “abonnent” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “abonnent” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “abonnent” in Store norske leksikon

Etymology

Borrowed from German, in turn borrowed from FrenchCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from French#ABONNENT abonnement.

Noun

abonnent m (definite singular abonnenten, indefinite plural abonnentar, definite plural abonnentane)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#ABONNENTCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns#ABONNENTCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#ABONNENTCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns#ABONNENTCategory:Pages with entries#ABONNENTCategory:Pages with 4 entries#ABONNENT

1. a subscriber

References

• “abonnent” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

Borrowed from GermanCategory:Swedish terms borrowed from German#ABONNENTCategory:Swedish terms derived from German#ABONNENT Abonnent.

Noun

abonnent cCategory:Swedish lemmas#ABONNENTCategory:Swedish nouns#ABONNENTCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#ABONNENTCategory:Swedish common-gender nouns#ABONNENTCategory:Pages with entries#ABONNENTCategory:Pages with 4 entries#ABONNENT

1. a subscriber (to a telephone service, concerts, theater, or the like)

References

• “abonnent”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “abonnent”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)