tyda

See also: týða

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

tyda

1. simple past and past participle of tyde

Alternative forms

• tydet
• tydde (simple past)
• tydd (past participle)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• tyde

Etymology

From Old Norse þýða, from Proto-Germanic *þiudijaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tyːda/

Verb

tyda (present tense tyder, past tense tydde, past participle tydt/tydd, passive infinitive tydast, present participle tydande, imperative tyd)

1. to interpret, decipher

   Kan du tyda dette for meg?

   Can you interpret this for me?

2. to mean

   Kva skal dette tyda?

   What is this supposed to mean?

3. to indicate

   Det er lite som tyder på at fienden deira gjorde det.

   There is little to indicate that their enemy did it.

Synonyms

• (mean): bety

Related terms

• tyding

References

• “tyda” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish þȳþa, from Old Norse þýða, from Proto-Germanic *þiudijaną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

tyda

1. to interpret; to understand the meaning of

   Kan du tyda min handstil?

   Can you understand my handwriting?

   Det var så mycket brus i signalen att ingen lyckades tyda den.

   There were so much noise in the signal that nobody managed to interpret it.

2. to indicate; to give a hint about an otherwise unknown fact

   Det finns inget som tyder på att sjukdomen skulle ha förvärrats.

   There is nothing indicating that the illness would have gotten worse.

Conjugation

Conjugation of tyda (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	tyda		tydas
Supine	tytt		tytts
Imperative	tyd		—
Imper. plural1	tyden		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	tyder	tydde	tyds, tydes	tyddes
Ind. plural1	tyda	tydde	tydas	tyddes
Subjunctive2	tyde	tydde	tydes	tyddes
	Participles
Present participle	tydande
Past participle	tydd
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• antyda
• betyda
• tydning
• uttyda

Further reading

• tyda in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)