knä
Appearance
Swedish
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Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse kné, from Proto-Germanic *knewą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu (“knee”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]knä n
- (anatomy) a knee
- (Can we date this quote?), “Huvud, axlar, knä(n) och tå(r) [Head, Shoulders, Knee(s) and Toe(s) [singular in most other versions]]”[1]performed by Mora Träsk:
- Huvud, axlar, knän och tår, knän och tår. Huvud, axlar, knän och tår, knän och tår. Ögon, öron, kinden klappen får. Huvud, axlar, knän och tår, knän och tår.
- Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes. Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes. Eyes, ears, the cheek gets the pat ["Kinden får klappen" is the normal word order, like in English, but switching it around does not sound ungrammatical in Swedish]. Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes.
- a lap (the upper legs)
- sitta i knät på någon
- sit in someone's lap
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | knä | knäs |
| definite | knät | knäts | |
| plural | indefinite | knän | knäns |
| definite | knäna | knänas |
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | knä | knäs |
| definite | knäet | knäets | |
| plural | indefinite | knän | knäns |
| definite | knäna | knänas |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “knä”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “knä”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “knä”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- Svensk MeSH
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