kjeft
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse kjaptr. Cognate with Danish kæft, Swedish käft, Icelandic kjaftur, and Faroese kjaftur.
Noun
editkjeft m (definite singular kjeften, indefinite plural kjefter, definite plural kjeftene)
- mouth (part of body)
- voice (figuratively)
- (uncountable) a scolding
- (by extension) a person
Norwegian Nynorsk
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse keptr, kjaptr, kjǫptr. Compare Swedish käft
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkjeft m (definite singular kjeften, indefinite plural kjeftar, definite plural kjeftane)
- (colloquial) a (big) mouth (of a person or animal)
- Synonym: munn
- (colloquial, uncountable) scolding
- Synonym: skjenn
- edge, thin cutting side of the blade (of an axe)
- (colloquial) a person
- ikkje ein kjeft
- not [even] one person
Derived terms
edit- halda kjeft (“shut up”)
- stor i kjeften
Related terms
editVerb
editkjeft
References
edit- “kjeft” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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