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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse sǿkja (“to seek, look for, search”), from Proto-Germanic *sōkijaną (“to seek, look for”), from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂gyeti (“to give a sign”), from *seh₂g- (“to seek out”) and *-yeti (creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots).
Pronunciation
Verb
søke (imperative søk, present tense søker, simple past søkte, past participle søkt, present participle søkende)
- to seek
- to search, look or hunt (etter / for)
- to apply (om, på / for)
Derived terms
References
- “søke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
søke (present tense søker, past tense søkte, past participle søkt, passive infinitive søkast, present participle søkande, imperative søk)
- Alternative form of søkja
Derived terms