sikte

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German sichte.

Noun

sikte n (definite singular siktet, indefinite plural sikter, definite plural sikta or siktene)

  1. sight
    land i sikte - land in sight
  2. a sight (on a firearm)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German sichte (to sieve), and from Danish sigte (charge, indict), from Old Danish sæktæ.

Verb

sikte (imperative sikt, present tense sikter, passive siktes, simple past and past participle sikta or siktet, present participle siktende)

  1. (law) to charge, indict (someone)
  2. to sift, screen (e.g. flour, gravel, crushed stone)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German sichte.

Noun

sikte n (definite singular siktet, indefinite plural sikte, definite plural sikta)

  1. sight
    ute av sikte - out of sight
  2. a sight (on a firearm)

Derived terms

References

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Noun

sikte n

  1. sight
    Land i sikte!
    Land in sight!
    Släpp honom inte ur sikte!
    Don't let him out of your sight!
  2. a sight (on a firearm)
  3. (in "ta sikte") take aim
    Han tog sikte på monstret
    He took aim at the monster
  4. (figuratively) sight (goal)
    Ha siktet inställt på något
    Have one's sights set on something

Declension

Declension of sikte 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative sikte siktet sikten siktena
Genitive siktes siktets siktens siktenas

Derived terms

References

Turkish

Noun

sikte

  1. locative singular of sik
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