kjeft

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse kjaptr. Cognate with Danish kæft, Swedish käft, Icelandic kjaftur, and Faroese kjaftur.

Noun

kjeft m (definite singular kjeften, indefinite plural kjefter, definite plural kjeftene)

1. mouth (part of body)
2. voice (figuratively)
3. (uncountable) a scolding
4. (by extension) a person

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• kjept

Etymology

From Old Norse keptr, kjaptr, kjǫptr. Compare Swedish käft

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /çɛft/, /çæft/

Noun

kjeft m (definite singular kjeften, indefinite plural kjeftar, definite plural kjeftane)

1. (colloquial) a (big) mouth (of a person or animal)

   Synonym: munn

2. (colloquial, uncountable) scolding

   Synonym: skjenn

3. edge, thin cutting side of the blade (of an axe)
4. (colloquial) a person

   ikkje ein kjeft

   not [even] one person

Derived terms

• halda kjeft (“shut up”)
• stor i kjeften

Related terms

• kjefta

Verb

kjeft

1. (dialectal, Trøndelag, Northern Norway) inflection of kjefta:
   1. infinitive
   2. imperative

References

• “kjeft” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.