mykje

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • (former reform[s] only): mye
Dialectal forms
Archaic spellings
  • møkie (Søren Fermann, Tinn dialect, ca. 1760)
  • mykkie (Knud Leem, 1750)
  • møtkie (Gerhard Geelmuyden, Osterøy dialect, 1747)
  • mykiy, myky, mykjye (Augustinus Flor, Numedal dialect, 1743)
  • Mykiy (1730, always capitalized in the text)
  • mychie (1722)
  • møchie (1716)
  • mykie (Jacob Laugesen Bork, unknown dialect, 1698)
  • mykke (Jonas Ramus (Green), 1698)
  • mytkie (Thomas Bloch, 1698)
  • myckie (1694)
  • møkiø (1647)

Etymology

From Old Norse mikill, from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz. Akin to English much.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²mʏçːə/, /²myːçə/

Adjective

mykje n (comparative meir, superlative mest)

  1. a lot, much
    Her er det mykje arbeid å gjera.
    There is much work to do here.

Adverb

mykje (comparative meir, superlative mest)

  1. a lot, much
    Eg har gjort mykje i dag.
    I have done a lot today.
  2. very
    Synonyms: særs, svært, veldig
    Han vart mykje rik.
    He became very rich.

Pronoun

mykje

  1. a lot, much
    Synonyms: mang ein, mange
    Mykje hadde gått gale.
    Much had gone wrong.

References

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