knatcha

Swedish

Alternative forms

• knätcha

Etymology

knatch +‎ -a

Verb

knatcha (present knatchar, preterite knatchade, supine knatchat, imperative knatcha)

1. (slang) to break off a small piece from a block of hashish (e.g. for personal use when selling it, with or without mutual understanding)
2. (slang, by extension) to take (a piece of) something (that belongs to someone else)

   – Jag fick bara elva lökringar och inte tolv som jag beställt. – Restaurangen knatchade dig.

   – I only got eleven onion rings and not twelve like I ordered. – The restaurant knatched you (took a piece).

Conjugation

Conjugation of knatcha (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	knatcha		knatchas
Supine	knatchat		knatchats
Imperative	knatcha		—
Imper. plural1	knatchen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	knatchar	knatchade	knatchas	knatchades
Ind. plural1	knatcha	knatchade	knatchas	knatchades
Subjunctive2	knatche	knatchade	knatches	knatchades
	Participles
Present participle	knatchande
Past participle	knatchad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

• Slangopedia