volunteer

[US]/ˌvɒlənˈtɪə(r)/
[UK]/ˌvɑːlənˈtɪr/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. en person som tilbyr å gjøre noe uten å bli tvunget eller betalt for det; en person som velger å tjene i militæret
Word Forms
Past Participlevolunteered
Past Tensevolunteered
Present Participlevolunteering
Pluralvolunteers
Third Person Singularvolunteers

Phrases & Collocations

volunteer services

frivillige tjenester

Example Sentences

a volunteer ambulance brigade.

en frivillig ambulansbrigade.

a volunteers' auxiliary at a hospital.

en frivillig hjelp i en sykehus.

volunteer firefighters; volunteer tutoring.

frivillige brannmenn; frivillig veiledning.

Fully half of the volunteers did not appear.

Hele halvparten av frivillige møtte ikke opp.

She volunteers at the hospital for love.

Hun frivillig arbeider på sykehuset for kjærlighet.

He volunteered as a correspondent for the war.

Han frivillig ble korrespondent for krigsberetning.

She volunteered for the job.

Hun frivillig tok jobben.

volunteered their services; volunteer to give blood.

tilbudt sine tjenester; frivillig gi blod.

they need volunteers to act as foster-parents.

de trenger frivillige som skal virke som fosterforeldre.

members of the Volunteer Fire Department's women's auxiliary.

medlemmer av kvinneførsterettsorganisasjonen i Frivillig Brannvesen.

muggins has volunteered to do the catering.

muggins har frivillig tilbudt å gjøre kaffe- og middagsarrangementservice.

felt good on the inside about volunteering to help.

følte seg godt på innsiden om å frivillig hjelpe.

scores of volunteers help prep the food.

flere frivillige hjelper til å forberede maten.

spare a thought for our volunteer group at Christmas.

tenk på vår frivillige gruppe på juletid.

140 men and women volunteered for redundancy.

140 menn og kvinner frivillig tok redundans.

he was volunteered for parachute training by friends.

Han ble frivillig til parashytttrening av venner.

Bring all the volunteers you can muster.

Bring alle frivillige du kan samle.

Volunteers are needed for an exacting assignment.

Frivillige er nødvendig for en krevende oppgave.

Real-world Examples

He has teenage volunteers who help him.

Han har ungdomsvoluntære som hjelper ham.

Source: VOA Standard October 2015 Collection

Despite their dwindling resources, the center's volunteers are staying optimistic.

Selv om ressursene deres minker, fortsetter sentrumets volontærer å være optimistiske.

Source: VOA Standard Speed April 2016 Compilation

We actually teach these volunteers how to build beds.

Vi lærer faktisk disse volontærene hvordan man bygger senger.

Source: CNN 10 Student English August 2018 Compilation

And, you know, there are also volunteers here.

Og, du vet, det er også volontærer her.

Source: NPR News February 2016 Compilation

Cloe's going to be our volunteer today.

Cloe skal være vår volontær i dag.

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) June 2015 Collection

We'll need a pilot. I wonder if there's a volunteer.

Vi trenger en pilot. Jeg undrar om det er en volontær.

Source: Rick and Morty Season 3 (Bilingual)

Hello. You're the student volunteer, aren't you?

Hei. Du er studentvolontæren, ikke sant?

Source: IELTS Listening

Ted became a volunteer after his retirement from business.

Ted ble en volontær etter sin avslutning i næringslivet.

Source: Lai Shixiong Advanced English Vocabulary 3500

Whatever, dude, but we still need two more volunteers.

Hva som helst, kamerad, men vi trenger fortsatt to flere volontærer.

Source: BBC documentary "Mom's Home Cooking"

He believes refugees would happily volunteer to live there.

Han tror at flyktninger gjerne ville frivillig bo der.

Source: BBC Listening Collection July 2015

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