tykkes
Danish edit
Etymology edit
Old Danish thykk(i)æ, from Old Norse þykkja (“to seem”), from Proto-Germanic *þunkijaną (“to seem, to appear”), cognate with English think, German dünken. Related to Danish tænke. In the modern standard language replaced by synes.
Pronunciation edit
IPA(key): /ˈtykəs/, [ˈtˢyɡ̊əs], West Jutlandic IPA(key): [ˈtˢœwˀs] (the latter is often spelled tøws in dialect texts).
Verb edit
tykkes (past tense tyktes or tykkedes, past participle tyktes or tykkedes)
- (archaic) to seem, appear
- 1874, Fr. Winkel Horn, Billeder af Livet paa Island, page 130:
- Det tyktes ham saare uhyggeligt, at være der i Fjeldene.
- It seemed very frightening to him to be in those mountains.
- (archaic or dialect) to think
- 1904, Jens Skytte, På sommerveje:
- Jeg tykkes nu, her er bleven saa livligt og hyggeligt, siden han kom.
- Well, I think that things have become lively and cozy since he came.
- 2019, Søren Hyldeborg Andersen, Lyden af sne: En roman, page 380:
- Nå, så det tøws du.
- You think so!