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passende — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • appropriate adj Suitable or correct for a particular situation.
  • proper adj Right, fitting, or appropriate for a given purpose or situation.
  • suitable adjective Right or appropriate for a particular purpose, person, or occasion.

Senses

passende is used for these senses in English:

  • appropriate Suitable or fit; proper; felicitous.
  • proper Suited or acceptable to the purpose or circumstances; fit, suitable. [13th c.]
  • suitable Having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion.

appropriate — full definition

  1. adj Suitable or correct for a particular situation.
  2. verb To take something for one's own use, often without permission.

proper — full definition

  1. adj Right, fitting, or appropriate for a given purpose or situation.
  2. adj Following accepted standards of behaviour or manners; correct and decorous.
  3. adj Belonging specifically and exclusively to a particular person or thing; used especially in "proper noun" for the name of a specific person, place, or thing.

Related Norwegian words