bearbeide

== Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From be- +‎ arbeide (“work”), literally “work on”. Calque of German bearbeiten (although both components of the Norwegian variant are from Middle Low German) === Verb === bearbeide (imperative bearbeid, present tense bearbeider, passive bearbeides, simple past bearbeida or bearbeidet or bearbeidde, past participle bearbeida or bearbeidet or bearbeidd, present participle bearbeidende) to adapt, edit (agriculture) to cultivate, till to work on, to persuade, coax, to tool, work on, work (up), process (music) to arrange ==== Synonyms ==== (adapt, edit): forandre, forbedre, omarbeide, revidere, skrive om, tillempe, tilpasse, tilrettelegge (cultivate, tool): arbeide, banke, behandle, berede, denge, dunke, elte, foredle, forme, gjøre myk/gjøre mør, gni, hamre, holde på med, kna, maskinere, myke opp, preparere, slå, stampe, vøle om, dyrke ==== Derived terms ==== bearbeidelse, bearbeiding ==== See also ==== arbeide === References === “bearbeide” in The Ordnett Dictionary “bearbeide” in The Bokmål Dictionary.