spøkja
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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From spøk, from Middle Low German spoken.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
spøkja (present tense spøkjer, past tense spøkte, past participle spøkt, passive infinitive spøkjast, present participle spøkjande, imperative spøk)
- to haunt, appear as a ghost
- I det raude huset der borte spøkjer det.
- The red house over there is haunted.
- having a poor outlook; not look good
- Det spøkjer for heile prosjektet no.
- Things do not look good for the entire project right now.
- joke
- Dei spøkte med at dei hadde sett verre ting.
- They joked about having seen worse things.
References[edit]
- “spøkja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.