snut
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Danish[edit]
Noun[edit]
snut
- Term of endearment.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Noun[edit]
snut m (definite singular snuten, indefinite plural snutar, definite plural snutane)
- Alternative form of snute
Slovene[edit]
Participle[edit]
snut
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Originally meaning "snout," from Middle Low German snûte, from Old Saxon *snūt, from Proto-West Germanic *snūt.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
snut c
- (slang, possibly derogatory) a cop (police officer)
- (slang, possibly derogatory, in the singular definite "snuten") the cops (collectively)
Usage notes[edit]
Sometimes used ironically by police officers themselves. Usually less derogatory compared to other slang terms.
Declension[edit]
| Declension of snut | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | snut | snuten | snutar | snutarna |
| Genitive | snuts | snutens | snutars | snutarnas |
Derived terms[edit]
- snutbil (“cop car”)
References[edit]
- snut in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- snut in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- snut in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams[edit]
Categories:
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish endearing terms
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- Slovene non-lemma forms
- Slovene past passive participles
- Swedish terms derived from Middle Low German
- Swedish terms derived from Old Saxon
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Swedish/ʉːt
- Rhymes:Swedish/ʉːt/1 syllable
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish slang
- Swedish derogatory terms
- Swedish terms with usage examples