søke
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse sǿkja (“to seek, look for, search”), from Proto-Germanic *sōkijaną (“to seek, look for”), from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂gyeti (“to give a sign”), from *seh₂g- (“to seek out”) and *-yeti (creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
søke (imperative søk, present tense søker, simple past søkte, past participle søkt, present participle søkende)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “søke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Verb edit
søke (present tense søker, past tense søkte, past participle søkt, passive infinitive søkast, present participle søkande, imperative søk)
- Alternative form of søkja