knuffa
Norwegian Nynorsk
editVerb
editknuffa (present tense knuffar, past tense knuffa, past participle knuffa, passive infinitive knuffast, present participle knuffande, imperative knuffa/knuff)
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Low German knuffen or German knuffen.
Verb
editknuffa (present knuffar, preterite knuffade, supine knuffat, imperative knuffa)
- push, shove, nudge, jostle
- Han knuffade honom
- He pushed him
- Han knuffas
- He's pushing (people) / He's jostling
- Det knuffas där inne
- There's pushing/jostling going on in there
Usage notes
edit- Would commonly be understood as a push with the hands without further context, though it can also mean pushing with other body parts. Same intuition as English push.
- Means is pushing (delivering pushes) in the passive knuffas, which could refer to jostling for example. This form can also be used impersonally, like in the last example. See also the usage notes for -s.
Conjugation
editConjugation of knuffa (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | knuffa | knuffas | ||
Supine | knuffat | knuffats | ||
Imperative | knuffa | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | knuffen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | knuffar | knuffade | knuffas | knuffades |
Ind. plural1 | knuffa | knuffade | knuffas | knuffades |
Subjunctive2 | knuffe | knuffade | knuffes | knuffades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | knuffande | |||
Past participle | knuffad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Related terms
edit- knuff (“push, shove”)
See also
editReferences
edit- knuffa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- knuffa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- knuffa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- knuffa in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
Categories:
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk weak verbs
- Swedish terms borrowed from Middle Low German
- Swedish terms derived from Middle Low German
- Swedish terms borrowed from German
- Swedish terms derived from German
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish verbs
- Swedish terms with usage examples
- Swedish weak verbs