avgrunn

Etymology
Compound word, +, loan-translation from  (compare with 🇨🇬).

Noun

 * 1) abyss, chasm (a bottomless or unfathomed depth), also used in a figurative sense (hell, place of suffering)
 * Fjellklatreren gled og falt ned i avgrunnen.
 * The mountaineer slipped and fell into the chasm.
 * De fordømte skal fortapes i avgrunnens pine.
 * The damned shall perish in the suffering of the abyss.
 * Det er lett nok å se ned i avgrunnen, når du står trygt. (Marit Tusvik)
 * When standing safely, it's easy enough to look down into the abyss.
 * Det var en avgrunn mellom deres synspunkter.
 * There was a huge gap between their points of view.

Synonyms

 * (abyss; unfathomed depth, chasm), , , , , , , , , , , , ,
 * (gap; difference) ,
 * (hell, ruin), , ,

Etymology
Compound word, +, loan-translation from  (compare German 🇨🇬).

Noun

 * 1) abyss, chasm (a bottomless or unfathomed depth), also used in a figurative sense (hell, place of suffering)
 * Fjellklatraren glei og fall ned i avgrunnen.
 * The mountaineer slipped and fell into the chasm.
 * Dei fordømte skal fortapast i avgrunnens pine.
 * The damned shall perish in the suffering of the abyss.
 * Avgrunnen er til å stige opp or, og ikkje til å forkomast i. (Tarjei Vesaas)
 * To emerge from it and not to perish in it is why the abyss exists. (literally: "the abyss exists to emerge from, and not to perish in")
 * Det var en avgrunn mellom synspunkta deira.
 * There was a huge gap between their points of view.

Synonyms

 * (abyss; unfathomed depth, chasm), , , , , , , , /, , , ,
 * (gap; difference) ,
 * (hell, ruin), , , /,