trykke

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish thrykiæ, from Old Norse þrykkja, from Proto-Germanic *þrukkijaną. The meaning "to print" is influenced by the German cognate drucken (“to print”) (vs. drücken (“to press”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtˢʁ̥œɡ̊ə]
• Homophone: trygge

Verb

trykke (imperative tryk, present tense trykker, passive trykkes, past tense trykkede or trykte, past participle trykket or trykt)

1. to press (e.g. a button)
2. to print

Usage notes

• The short forms of the past tense and the past participle is used only in the second meaning, "to print" (except in fossilized derivations like nedtrykt or fladtrykt).

Conjugation

Conjugation of trykke

active passive present trykker trykkes past trykkede or trykte — infinitive trykke trykkes imperative tryk — participle present trykkende past trykket or trykt (auxiliary verb have) gerund trykken

Derived terms

• fladtrykt
• nedtrykke
• nedtrykt
• trykken
• trykker
• trykkeri
• trykning
• undertrykke
• utrykt

References

• “trykke” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse *þrykkia, from Proto-Germanic *þrukkijaną.

Verb

trykke (imperative trykk, present tense trykker, passive trykkes, simple past trykket or trykte, past participle trykket or trykt)

1. to press (e.g. a button)
2. to print

Derived terms

• trykker (noun)
• trykking
• undertrykke

References

• “trykke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.