ts-node doesn't log anything to the console

I have a simple node program with an import

import { y } from './y';

console.log('Y=');
console.log(y);

Doesn't really matter, important is that I have an import and a console.log. Now when I try to run this code

$> ts-node test.ts
import { y } from './y';

SyntaxError: Unexpected token {
...

I get an error. So, without any additional information ts-node doesn't understand import. So I created the following tsconfig.json

{
  "compilerOptions": {
       "target": "ES2017",
       "module": "ESNext"
   }
}

Now it doesn't throw the import error, but I also don't see any output from the program too.

I get the feeling my tsconfig.json is just wrong, any suggestion what might be the case?