tycka
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish þykkia, þykia, from Old Norse þykkja, from Proto-Germanic *þunkijaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtʏkːa/
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Verb
tycka (present tycker, preterite tyckte, supine tyckt, imperative tyck)
- to be of the opinion (subjectively or objectively), to think
- Synonyms: anse, mena
- Jag tycker att blodpudding är gott, men det tycker inte Nisse
- I think (am of the opinion that) blood pudding is good, but Nisse doesn't think so
- Vad tycker du att vi borde göra?
- What do you think (what is your opinion on what) we should do?
- Jag tycker sättet de agerat på är omoraliskt
- I think the way they've acted is immoral
- Vad tror du att hon tycker?
- What do you think (believe) she thinks (has as her opinion)? / What do you think her opinion is?
- "Nisse tror att jag tycker att blodpudding smakar illa", tänkte han
- "Nisse thinks (believes) that I think (am of the opinion) that blood pudding tastes bad," he thought (had that thought in his head)
- (sometimes with till (expressing suddenness, "jumping in" with an opinion)) to opine, to (publicly) express an opinion (often but not always with implications of a less well-grounded opinion)
- De tycker mycket
- They have a lot of opinions ("They think-as-in-have-an-opinion a lot")
- Nu har ni chansen att tycka till! Ge oss era synpunkter på sidan!
- Now is your chance to express your opinions / have your say ("jump in with your opinions")! Give us your opinions on the site!
- to think (have the (sensory) impression)
- En groda! Jag tyckte väl det, men det var svårt att vara säker på avstånd.
- A frog! That's what I thought, but it was difficult to be sure from a distance.
- (reflexive) to think that (have the (sensory) impression that)
- Jag tyckte mig se en groda en bit längre fram
- I thought I saw ("thought myself see") a frog a bit further ahead
- I feberyran tyckte jag mig stå bredvid en stor elefant
- In my fever-induced delirium, I thought I was standing ("thought myself stand") next to a large elephant
- (passive voice, somewhat formal) to seem, to appear
Conjugation
Conjugation of tycka (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | tycka | tyckas | ||
Supine | tyckt | tyckts | ||
Imperative | tyck | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | tycken | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | tycker | tyckte | tycks, tyckes | tycktes |
Ind. plural1 | tycka | tyckte | tyckas | tycktes |
Subjunctive2 | tycke | tyckte | tyckes | tycktes |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | tyckande | |||
Past participle | tyckt | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
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