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Swedish
Etymology
knapp + -a
Pronunciation
Adjective
knäppa
- inflection of knäpp:
- definite singular
- plural
Verb
knäppa (present knäpper, preterite knäppte, supine knäppt, imperative knäpp)
- to button, to button up
Hon knäppte knappen- She buttoned the button
Han knäppte skjortan- He buttoned his shirt
- (with upp) to unbutton
Han knäppte upp skjortan- He unbuttoned his shirt
- to clasp, to buckle (some kind of locking mechanism)
knäppa spännet- buckle the buckle
- to clasp (one's hands)
knäppa händerna- clasp one's hands
- (with upp) to unclasp, to unbuckle
knäppa upp ett spänne- unbuckle a buckle
- (less common) to close (a zipper)
- Synonyms: stänga, dra igen
- (less common, with upp) to open (a zipper)
- Synonyms: öppna, dra upp (or another direction)
- to pop (make a faint, short, sharp sound)
Det knäppte i träskrovet- The wooden hull of the ship popped (like it might in addition to creaking)
- to snap (one's fingers)
knäppa med fingrarna- snap one's fingers
- to strike with the fingers (making a sound), (for example) to pluck
Hon knäppte på gitarren- She was plucking the guitar
1993, Magnus Uggla, Anders Henriksson (lyrics and music), “Trubaduren [The troubadour]”, in Alla får påsar [Everyone gets bags], performed by Magnus Uggla:Då kom han, grabben med G, ja, en riktig gitarrknäppare.- Then he came, the guy with a G, yes, a real guitar plucker.
- (with a particle like iväg (“away”) or bort (“away”)) to flick (away) (from the sound made)
knäppa iväg en fimp- flick a cigarette butt away
- (colloquial) to pop (shoot)
Jag ska knäppa honom med geväret- I'm gonna pop him with my rifle
- (figuratively) to snap, to shoot (a photograph)
knäppa en bild- snap a picture
- (figuratively) to trigger some other mechanism with a trigger or button or the like
knäppa på/av tv:n- turn on/off the TV
- to crack (a nut)
- Synonym: knäcka
Conjugation
Conjugation of knäppa (weak)
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