tyken

Swedish

Etymology

Either from the verb tycka or from the root in the obsolete adjective otyk (“clumsy”).

Adjective

tyken (comparative tyknare, superlative tyknast)

1. (regional, Western) cocky, nosy, cheeky

Declension

Inflection of tyken

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	tyken	tyknare	tyknast
neuter singular	tyket	tyknare	tyknast
plural	tykna	tyknare	tyknast
masculine plural2	tykne	tyknare	tyknast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	tykne	tyknare	tyknaste
all	tykna	tyknare	tyknaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References

• tyken in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tyken in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tyken in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• tyken in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)