No. 19 in Norwegian
fikk
"Fikk" means "got" or "received" in English.
In a sentence
Jeg fikk en gave i går.
I received a gift yesterday.
Here, 'fikk' is the past tense of 'å få', meaning 'to receive'.
Han fikk meg til å le.
He made me laugh.
In this sentence, 'fikk' is used to mean 'made' or 'caused' when paired with an infinitive verb.
Vi fikk tillatelse til å gå inn.
We received permission to enter.
'Fikk' once again takes the meaning of 'received', this time in the context of obtaining permission.
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