tyngt

Tyngt is a word used in several North Germanic languages, notably Swedish, Norwegian and Danish, to express heaviness or burdensomeness. It is connected to the verb tynga, meaning to weigh down or burden. In everyday use, tyngt can describe both physical weight and figurative weight, such as a heavy mood or a burdensome situation.

In Swedish, tyngt is commonly used to convey that something feels heavy or oppressive. It is often found in predicative phrases, and in expressions such as tyngt av oro, meaning “burdened by worry,” or when describing a sense of heaviness after news or events. The word can function as an adjective describing nouns in contexts that emphasize weight or burden.

Etymologically, tyngt derives from the verb tynga and shares a common Germanic heritage with related terms in other Nordic languages. Its core meaning centers on weight, burden and pressure, which can be applied both to physical objects and to abstract conditions such as responsibility, sorrow or difficulty.

Related terms include tyngd (weight or heaviness as a noun), tynga (to burden or weigh down, the verbal source), and words describing burden or difficulty in each language. While tyngt is closely tied to the concept of weight, its figurative uses are a prominent aspect of its meaning in modern Nordic usage.

See also: tynga, tyngd, burden, heaviness.