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Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Onomatopoeic.
Verb
kvekke (present tense kvekkar, past tense kvekka, past participle kvekka, passive infinitive kvekkast, present participle kvekkande, imperative kvekke/kvekk)
- (intransitive) to croak, ribbit
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Etymology 2
Compare Old Norse preterite hvakk, presumably of reconstructed Old Norse verb *hvekka. The transitive inflection has come into being either from an unattested Old Norse ancestor, or analogously to other labile verbs such as brenne, kveppe etc. The noun is derived from the verb.
Verb
kvekke (present tense kvekk, past tense kvakk, supine kvokke, past participle kvokken, present participle kvekkande, imperative kvekk)
- (intransitive) to start, to jerk in surprise; to be startled
- Synonyms: kveppe, skvette, støkke
kvekke (present tense kvekker, past tense kvekte, past participle kvekt, passive infinitive kvekkast, present participle kvekkande, imperative kvekk)
- (transitive) to startle
- Synonyms: skremme, kveppe, skvette, støkke
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Noun
kvekke n (definite singular kvekket, indefinite plural kvekke, definite plural kvekka)
- a scare; something that startles one
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Etymology 3
Adjective
kvekke
- neuter singular of kvekken
References
- “kvekke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- “kvekka”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
- “kvekke”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016