psyke

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed via German Psyche from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul, life”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sykə/, [ˈsyɡ̊ə]

Noun

psyke c (singular definite psyken, plural indefinite psyker)

  1. mental constitution, psyche

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English psych.

Verb

psyke (imperative psyk, present tense psyker, passive psykes, simple past and past participle psyka or psyket, present participle psykende)

  1. (also reflexive) to psych (oneself / someone; opp / up; ut / out)

References

Swedish

Noun

psyke n

  1. psyche, mind
    starkt psyke
    strong mind
  2. (colloquial, in the definite "psyket") the psychiatric ward (at a hospital)
    Han ligger inne på psyket
    He's in the psychiatric ward

Declension

Declension of psyke
nominative genitive
singular indefinite psyke psykes
definite psyket psykets
plural indefinite psyken psykens
definite psykena psykenas

Derived terms

References

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