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Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Noun
fnysa n
- definite plural of fnys
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
fnysa n
- definite plural of fnys
Swedish
Verb
fnysa (present fnyser, preterite fnös or fnyste, supine fnyst, imperative fnys)
- to snort (exhale roughly through the nose)
Tjuren fnös- The bull snorted
- (sometimes figuratively, of a person) to express contempt or dissatisfaction (by snorting); to scoff, to harumph
Kritikerna fnös åt den populära buskisföreställningen- The critics scoffed at the popular slapstick show
Det är inget att fnysa åt- That's nothing to scoff at (idiomatic)
- *Fnys* ― *Harumph*
Conjugation
Conjugation of fnysa (weak)
Related terms
See also
- frusta (“to snort (usually more intense)”)
References