knäppa
See also: knappa
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
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Adjective edit
knäppa
Verb edit
knäppa (present knäpper, preterite knäppte, supine knäppt, imperative knäpp)
- to button, to button up
- Hon knäppte knappen
- She buttoned the button
- Han knäppte skjortan
- He buttoned his shirt
- (with upp) to unbutton
- Han knäppte upp skjortan
- He unbuttoned his shirt
- to clasp, to buckle (some kind of locking mechanism)
- knäppa spännet
- buckle the buckle
- to clasp (one's hands)
- knäppa händerna
- clasp one's hands
- (with upp) to unclasp, to unbuckle
- knäppa upp ett spänne
- unbuckle a buckle
- (less common) to close (a zipper)
- (less common, with upp) to open (a zipper)
- Synonyms: öppna, dra upp (or another direction)
- to pop (make a faint, short, sharp sound)
- Det knäppte i träskrovet
- The wooden hull of the ship popped (like it might in addition to creaking)
- to snap (one's fingers)
- knäppa med fingrarna
- snap one's fingers
- to strike with the fingers (making a sound), (for example) to pluck
- Hon knäppte på gitarren
- She was plucking the guitar
- 1993, Magnus Uggla, Anders Henriksson (lyrics and music), “Trubaduren [The troubadour]”, in Alla får påsar [Everyone gets bags], performed by Magnus Uggla:
- Då kom han, grabben med G, ja, en riktig gitarrknäppare.
- Then he came, the guy with a G, yes, a real guitar plucker.
- (with a particle like iväg (“away”) or bort (“away”)) to flick (away) (from the sound made)
- knäppa iväg en fimp
- flick a cigarette butt away
- (colloquial) to pop (shoot)
- Jag ska knäppa honom med geväret
- I'm gonna pop him with my rifle
- (figuratively) to snap, to shoot (a photograph)
- knäppa en bild
- snap a picture
- (figuratively) to trigger some other mechanism with a trigger or button or the like
- knäppa på/av tv:n
- turn on/off the TV
- to crack (a nut)
- Synonym: knäcka
- knäppa nötter
- crack nuts
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of knäppa (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | knäppa | knäppas | ||
| Supine | knäppt | knäppts | ||
| Imperative | knäpp | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | knäppen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | knäpper | knäppte | knäpps, knäppes | knäpptes |
| Ind. plural1 | knäppa | knäppte | knäppas | knäpptes |
| Subjunctive2 | knäppe | knäppte | knäppes | knäpptes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | knäppande | |||
| Past participle | knäppt | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||