näpen

Swedish

Etymology

Unknown. Possible origins include as the past participle of an unattested verb related to knipa (thus originally meaning "pinched"). Another possibility is nappa.

Adjective

näpen

1. small and cute, sweet

Declension

Inflection of näpen
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	näpen	näpnare	näpnast
Neuter singular	näpet	näpnare	näpnast
Plural	näpna	näpnare	näpnast
Masculine plural3	näpne	näpnare	näpnast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	näpne	näpnare	näpnaste
All	näpna	näpnare	näpnaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Related terms

• näpenhet

References

• näpen in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• näpen in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• näpen in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• näpen in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• näpne