trykke

From Old Danish thrykiæ, from Old Norse þrykkja, from Proto-Germanic *þrukkijaną. The meaning "to print" is influenced by the German cognate drucken (“to print”) (vs. drücken (“to press”)).

• IPA^(key): [ˈtˢʁ̥œɡ̊ə]
• Homophone: trygge

trykke (imperative tryk, present tense trykker, passive trykkes, past tense trykkede or trykte, past participle trykket or trykt)

1. to press (e.g. a button)
2. to print

• The short forms of the past tense and the past participle is used only in the second meaning, "to print" (except in fossilized derivations like nedtrykt or fladtrykt).

• “trykke” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Old Norse *þrykkia, from Proto-Germanic *þrukkijaną.

trykke (imperative trykk, present tense trykker, passive trykkes, simple past trykket or trykte, past participle trykket or trykt)

1. to press (e.g. a button)
2. to print

• trykker (noun)
• trykking
• undertrykke

• “trykke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.