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==Norwegian Bokmål==
{{wikipedia|Herme (skulptur)|lang=nb}}
[[File:HermHerakles 2.jpg|thumb|'''''herme''' av Herakles''<br>'''''herm''' of Heracles'']]

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nb|/her.me/|[²hæɾ.mə]}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|nb|non|herma}}, from {{inh|nb|gem-pro|*harmijaną||to mimic, imitate; repeat, report}}. Compare {{cog|is|herma}} and {{cog|sv|härma}}.

====Verb====
{{head|nb|verb|imperative|herm|present tense|hermer|simple past|hermet|or|herma|past participle|hermet|or|hermt|or|herma}}

# to [[mimic]], [[copy]]
#: {{ux|nb|Slutt å '''herme''' etter meg!|Stop '''mimicking''' me!}}
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=2015|author=Inger-Lise Køltzow|title=Tiden med barn - fra spebarn til tenåring|publisher=Figenschou
|passage=''[...] Babyen kan lære seg lyder, hun vil etter hvert '''herme''' etter dine bevegelser, hun kan gurgle, le og smile tilbake.''
|translation=''[...] The baby can learn sounds, she will eventually '''mimic''' your movements, she can gurgle, laugh and smile back.''}}
#* '''2016''', Anne Ch. Østby, ''Biter av lykke'', Font
#*: {{quote|nb|''Lisbeth krumper seg, kunne hun ikke latt være å '''herme''' klesdrakten på den måten?''
|translation=''Lisbeth shrinks, couldn't she refrain from '''mimicking''' the costume in that manner?''}}
# to [[cite]], [[refer]] to

=====Usage notes=====
This verb is often followed by the preposition {{l|nb|etter}}

=====Synonyms=====
* {{sense|mimic}}  {{l|nb|ape}} etter, {{l|nb|etterligne}}
* {{sense|cite}} {{l|nb|sitere}}, {{l|nb|referere}} til

====Noun====
{{nb-noun-c}}

# [[proverb]]; something that often gets said
#* {{quote-book|nb|year=1965|author=Thormod Skatvedt; Andreas Mørch|title=Sigdall og Eggedal|publisher=Grøndahl
|passage=''«Du har biti meg, så ske je bite deg,» [sic] sa Kongsrud'n til lusa. Det blei ei '''herme''' her.''
|translation=''"You have bitten, and therefore I will bite you," said Kongsrud'n to the louse. It became a '''proverb''' here.''}}

=====Synonyms=====
* {{l|nb|ordtak}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{bor|nb|grc|Ἑρμῆς||Hermes, the hellenic god of trade and commerce}}.

====Noun====
{{nb-noun-m1}}

# a [[herm]], [[herma]]; a square [[statue]] with a head or upper body on top

===References===
{{R:The Bokmål Dictionary}}<br>
{{R:NAOB|searchmode=search}}

==Norwegian Nynorsk==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nn|/her.me/|[²hæɾ.mə]}}

===Etymology 1===
Compare {{m|nn|herma||to mimic}}.

====Noun====
{{nn-noun-f2}}

# [[proverb]]; something that often gets said
#* {{quote-text|nn|year=1974|author=Ivar Grimstad; Kristen Johansen|title=Velsigne kjæften din, prest: vist og gale frå Sunnmøre|publisher=Samlaget
|passage=''Meisterleg kjem dette fram i ei '''herme''' lenger sør på vestlandskysten.''
|translation=''This comes forth excellently in a '''proverb''' further south on the coast of Western Norway.''}}

=====Synonyms=====
* {{l|nn|ordtak}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{bor|nn|grc|Ἑρμῆς||Hermes, the hellenic god of trade and commerce}}.

====Noun====
{{nn-noun-m1}}

# a [[herm]], [[herma]]; a square [[statue]] with a head or upper body on top

===Etymology 3===

====Verb====
{{head|nn|verb|imperative|herm|present tense|hermar|or|hermer|simple past|herma|or|hermde|past participle|herma|or|hermt}}

# {{nn-e}}

===References===
{{R:The Nynorsk Dictionary}}