tråkker

Tråkker is a Norwegian verb meaning to tread, step on, or press down with the feet. It is the present tense form of the infinitive tråkke. In Norwegian Bokmål, the present tense is tråkker for all persons: jeg tråkker, du tråkker, han/hun tråkker, vi tråkker, dere tråkker, de tråkker. The past tense and past participle are typically tråkket, with standard usage in many dialects. The verb covers literal movement on a surface, such as walking on grass or a path, as well as figurative sense of pressing down or trampling.

Tråkker is widely understood across Norwegian dialects and is used in both everyday speech and written language. It appears in a range of compounds and expressions related to movement, pressure, or traversal. The meaning can be extended in context, for example to describe tamping soil or forcefully stepping on something, though such senses may require accompanying words to clarify the nuance.

In the broader Scandinavian context, tråkker should not be confused with unrelated terms in other languages. For example, in Swedish a similar-sounding word tråka means to bore, which is not etymologically related to the Norwegian verb tråkke/tråkker. See also related verbs for movement and pressure in Norwegian, such as tråkket and related locomotion terms.