Tykkede

Tykkede is a verb form found in some Nordic languages, most notably in regional dialects of Norwegian and Danish, and occasionally in older or literary Norwegian. It represents a past tense (preterite) form of a verb root that, in certain dialects, is connected with perception, opinion, or mental stance. In contemporary standard Norwegian, the common preterite for the verb “to like” is likte, and in Danish the most common past-tense forms differ depending on the verb and context; consequently tykkede is not typically used in everyday speech.

The exact meaning of tykkede varies with dialect, and its precise semantics are not uniform across all varieties. In some dialects it has been associated with thinking or assuming, while in others it may function as a general past-tense marker for a verb with a different root. Because of its dialectal or archaic status, tykkede is primarily of interest to linguists studying verb conjugation patterns in non-standard Norwegian and Danish varieties, as well as historical texts.

In modern language resources, tykkede is usually labeled as archaic, dialectal, or regional, rather than a standard form. The form also has cognates in related languages; for example Swedish has tyckte, which means “thought” or “felt” and reflects a shared Germanic heritage, though there is no direct one-to-one interchangeability with tykkede in Norwegian or Danish.