tykkes

Danish

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈtykəs/, [ˈtˢyɡ̊əs], (West Jutlandic) [ˈtˢœwˀs]

Verb

tykkes (past tense tyktes or tykkedes, past participle tyktes or tykkedes)

1. (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.

2. (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!

Usage notes

The pronunciation [ˈtˢœwˀs] is often spelled tøws in dialect texts.

Conjugation

Inflection of tykkes

	present	past
simple	tykkes	tyktes or tykkedes
perfect	har tyktes or tykkedes	havde tyktes or tykkedes
passive	—	—
participle	-	tyktes or tykkedes
imperative	-	—
infinitive	tykkes	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	—	—