tykkja

• tykkje (e- or split infinitive)
• tykka, tykke (without j-infix)
• tykja (obsolete)

From Old Norse þykkja, from Proto-Germanic *þunkijaną (“to seem, appear”).

• IPA^(key): /²tʏçːɑ/, /²tʏc͡çːɑ/

tykkja (present tense tykkjer, past tense tykte or (obsolete) totte, supine and past participle tykt or (obsolete) tott, present participle tykkjande, imperative tykk)

1. to think (be of the opinion that)

   Synonyms: meina, synast, tenkja, tru

   Kva tykkjer du om maten her?

   What do you think about the food here?

   • 1883, Arne Garborg, Bondestudentar, Bergen: Nygaard, page 7:

     Dette totte Daniel han forstod.

     This, Daniel thought he understood.

   • 1909, Olav Duun, Paa tvert [Crosswise], Kristiania: Norli, page 33:

     Etterpaa var han alltid god og blid, tykte det var ein dans aa leva.

     Since then, he was always happy, thinking living was a dance.

• The passive infinitive tykkjast commands its own lemma.

• tykkja om

• “tykkja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.