kjeft

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse kjaptr. Cognate with Danish kæft, Swedish käft, Icelandic kjaftur, and Faroese kjaftur.

Noun

kjeft m (definite singular kjeften, indefinite plural kjefter, definite plural kjeftene)

  1. mouth (part of body)
  2. voice (figuratively)
  3. (uncountable) a scolding
  4. (by extension) a person

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse keptr, kjaptr, kjǫptr. Compare Swedish käft

Pronunciation

Noun

kjeft m (definite singular kjeften, indefinite plural kjeftar, definite plural kjeftane)

  1. (colloquial) a (big) mouth (of a person or animal)
    Synonym: munn
  2. (colloquial, uncountable) scolding
    Synonym: skjenn
  3. edge, thin cutting side of the blade (of an axe)
  4. (colloquial) a person
    ikkje ein kjeft
    not one person

Derived terms

Verb

kjeft

  1. (dialectal, Trøndelag, Northern Norway) inflection of kjefta:
    1. infinitive
    2. imperative

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