No. 799 in Norwegian
mesteparten
"Most of" or "the majority of."
In a sentence
Mesteparten av tiden bruker jeg på å lese.
Most of the time, I spend on reading.
Used to indicate 'most of' in a quantity of time.
Mesteparten av dagen var solrik.
Most of the day was sunny.
Refers to the larger portion of the day being nice weather.
Jeg spiste mesteparten av kaken.
I ate most of the cake.
Indicates that the speaker consumed the largest share of the cake.
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