Likely borrowed from German knipsen, from Middle Low German knippen, from Proto-Germanic *knippōną. Probably related, more distantly, to knipa and nypa.
knipsa (present knipsar, preterite knipsade, supine knipsat, imperative knipsa)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | knipsa | knipsas | ||
Supine | knipsat | knipsats | ||
Imperative | knipsa | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | knipsen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | knipsar | knipsade | knipsas | knipsades |
Ind. plural1 | knipsa | knipsade | knipsas | knipsades |
Subjunctive2 | knipse | knipsade | knipses | knipsades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | knipsande | |||
Past participle | knipsad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |