spøkja

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From spøk, from Middle Low German spoken.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /spøːça/

Verb

spøkja (present tense spøkjer, past tense spøkte, past participle spøkt, passive infinitive spøkjast, present participle spøkjande, imperative spøk)

  1. to haunt, appear as a ghost
    I det raude huset der borte spøkjer det.
    The red house over there is haunted.
  2. having a poor outlook; not look good
    Det spøkjer for heile prosjektet no.
    Things do not look good for the entire project right now.
  3. joke
    Dei spøkte med at dei hadde sett verre ting.
    They joked about having seen worse things.

References
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