knipsa
Swedish
editEtymology
editLikely borrowed from German knipsen, from Middle Low German knippen, from Proto-Germanic *knippōną. Probably related, more distantly, to knipa and nypa.
Verb
editknipsa (present knipsar, preterite knipsade, supine knipsat, imperative knipsa)
Conjugation
editConjugation of knipsa (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | knipsa | knipsas | ||
| Supine | knipsat | knipsats | ||
| Imperative | knipsa | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | knipsen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | knipsar | knipsade | knipsas | knipsades |
| Ind. plural1 | knipsa | knipsade | knipsas | knipsades |
| Subjunctive2 | knipse | knipsade | knipses | knipsades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | knipsande | |||
| Past participle | knipsad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
References
edit- knipsa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- knipsa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- knipsa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- knipsa in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)