tykkjast
Norwegian Nynorsk
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom passive form of tykkja.
Pronunciation
editVerb
edittykkjast (present tense tykkjest, past tense tyktest, past participle tykst)
- to think (about oneself), to consider
- 1853, Ivar Aasen, Prøver af Landsmaalet i Norge:
- Daa han no tyktest hava freistat nog med godo, so tok han til aa freista med vondo og skulde skræma henne […]
- When he now thought he had tried long enough in a nice way, he started trying in a rough way, and wanted to scare her […]
- to seem like
- Han tykkjest vera ein klok mann.
- He seems to be a wise man.
References
edit- “tykkjast” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.