knäskål

Swedish

Etymology

knä (“knee”) +‎ skål (“bowl”)

Noun

knäskål c

1. (anatomy) kneecap, patella (small, flat, triangular bone in front of the knee protecting the knee joint)

   skjuta någon i knäskålarna

   shoot someone in the kneecaps

Declension

Declension of knäskål
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	knäskål	knäskålen	knäskålar	knäskålarna
Genitive	knäskåls	knäskålens	knäskålars	knäskålarnas

See also

• knäled (“knee joint”)

References

• knäskål in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• knäskål in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH