sjå ut

Norwegian Nynorsk

Literally, “look out”. Perhaps a calque of Middle Low German ûtsēn. Compare Norwegian Bokmål and Swedish se ut, Danish se ud, Dutch uitzien, Yiddish אויסזען (oyszen) and German aussehen. Same semantic construction as Russian выглядеть (vygljadetʹ), Polish wyglądać, Hungarian kinéz and modern Icelandic líta út.

sjå ut (present tense ser ut, past tense såg ut, supine sett ut)

(intransitive) to seem, appear, look
Sara ser fin ut i den kjolen.
Sarah looks good in that dress.

Det ser ut til å fungere.
It seems to be working.
(intransitive, negative) to be unpleasant to look at
Rommet mitt ser ikkje ut.
My room is very untidy.
(transitive; and sometimes also reflexive) to choose, elect
Dei laut sjå ut kandidatar til oppdraget.
They were to elect candidates for the task.

Sjå (deg) ut dei du har lyst på.
Pick those you want.