knåpa

Swedish

knåpa (present knåpar, preterite knåpade, supine knåpat, imperative knåpa)

to tinker
Synonyms: pilla, pyssla, påta, pula

Vad knåpar du med?
What are you tinkering with?
(with ihop) to put together (with fiddly connotations)
Jag knåpar ihop en definition
I'm putting together a definition

Stress on ihop in (sense 2).

Conjugation of knåpa (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	knåpa		knåpas
Supine	knåpat		knåpats
Imperative	knåpa		—
Imper. plural¹	knåpen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	knåpar	knåpade	knåpas	knåpades
Ind. plural¹	knåpa	knåpade	knåpas	knåpades
Subjunctive²	knåpe	knåpade	knåpes	knåpades
	Participles
Present participle	knåpande
Past participle	—
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.