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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)
- mouth (part of body)
- voice (figuratively)
- (uncountable) a scolding
- (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)
- (colloquial) a (big) mouth (of a person or animal)
- Synonym: munn
- (colloquial, uncountable) scolding
- Synonym: skjenn
- edge, thin cutting side of the blade (of an axe)
- (colloquial) a person
ikkje ein kjeft- not one person
Derived terms
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Verb
kjeft
- (dialectal, Trøndelag, Northern Norway) inflection of kjefta:
- infinitive
- imperative
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