kneel

[US]/niːl/
[UK]/niːl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vi. å være i en stilling hvor kroppen støttes på kneene; å vise respekt eller underkastelse ved å plassere seg i denne stillingen
Word Forms
Third Person Singularkneels
Past Participleknelt
Past Tenseknelt
Present Participlekneeling
Pluralkneels

Phrases & Collocations

kneel down

knele ned

Example Sentences

a study of a kneeling nude.

en studie av en knelende naken modell.

"faldstool:a folding or small desk stool at which worshipers kneel to pray, especially one on which the British sovereign kneels at the time of coronation."

"faldstool: en foldbar eller liten skrivebordss toll som tilbedere knele for å bøne, spesielt en som den britiske monarken knele på under kroningsritualene."

Doctoral dissertation:"Bedstand(kneel) style research".

Doktorgradsavhandling: "Bedstand (knele) stil forskning".

In the back, Crusher saw Yar kneeling next to the shuttlecraft's emergency transporter pad.

I bakken så Crusher Yar knele ved siden av raskebåten sin nødtransportplass.

Under czarism, this kind of confidence is doomed to suffer universal destruction.When all the people are forced to kneel down, the only one who still stands has become a god.

Under tsarismen, er denne typen tillit dømt til å lidet universell fordeling. Når alle folk er tvunget til å knele ned, er den eneste som fortsatt står blitt en gud.

Real-world Examples

" Free folk do not kneel, " Val told her.

" Fri folk knepper ikke, " sa Val til henne.

Source: A Dance with Dragons: The Song of Ice and Fire (Bilingual Chinese-English)

At first, he sat on the bench, then he kneeled.

Først satt han på bænken, så knepper han.

Source: CNN 10 Student English May/June 2018 Compilation

But we will not kneel down.

Men vi skal ikke knepper ned.

Source: BBC Listening Collection November 2021

Floyd died last Monday after a white police officer in Minneapolis knelt on his neck.

Floyd døde forrige mandag etter at en hvit politimann i Minneapolis knepper på halsen hans.

Source: CRI Online July 2020 Collection

So beautiful did she look that he knelt and kissed her.

Så skjønn så hun ut at han knepper ned og klemmer henne.

Source: American Elementary School English 3

Carter did not turn his head as the sergeant kneeled beside him.

Carter snudde ikke hodet sitt når sergenten knepper ned ved siden av ham.

Source: VOA Special November 2018 Collection

They're asking why we deleted the scene where everyone is kneeling.

De spør hvorfor vi slettet scenen der alle knepper ned.

Source: Connection Magazine

" Then they must be knelt, " the queen declared.

" Da må de knepper ned, " deklarerte dronningen.

Source: A Dance with Dragons: The Song of Ice and Fire (Bilingual Chinese-English)

She knelt down to pull weeds from the flower bed.

Hun knepper ned for å plukke ut urter fra blomsterbedet.

Source: Liu Yi Breakthrough English Vocabulary 3000

The swarm was so aggressive that Silas kneeled in the corner and started praying.

Sværet var så aggressivt at Silas knepper ned i hjørnet og begynner å bønne.

Source: Reader's Digest Anthology

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