rykte

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From German Low German ruchte.

Noun

rykte n (definite singular ryktet, indefinite plural rykter, definite plural rykta or ryktene)

  1. a rumour (UK) or rumor (US)
  2. reputation (god / good; dårlig / bad)

Etymology 2

Verb

rykte

  1. simple past of rykke
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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German Low German ruchte.

Noun

rykte n (definite singular ryktet, indefinite plural rykte, definite plural rykta)

  1. a rumour (UK) or rumor (US)
  2. reputation (god / good; dårleg / bad)

References

Swedish

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Pronunciation

Noun

rykte n

  1. a rumor
    Ryktet går att han gömt undan pengar
    Rumor has it he's been hiding money
    Det där är bara ett rykte
    That's just a rumor
  2. reputation
    Stället har dåligt rykte
    The place has a bad reputation

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