knäcka

See also: knacka

Swedish

Etymology

Related to knaka. Merged with obsolete strong verb knäcka (with past tense knack), which was used in intransitive sense, while the weak conjugation was originally only used for transitive sense. These two forms in Swedish and Danish has same infinitive (see Danish knække), in difference to Norwegian Nynorsk knekkja and knekka, while not used in insular Scandinavian languages at all. Compare also German knacken of the same origin.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -²ɛka

Verb

knäcka (present knäcker, preterite knäckte, supine knäckt, imperative knäck)

1. to crack, to break, to snap

   grenen knäcktes

   the branch snapped

   knäcka en bira

   crack a beer

2. to crack (a secret code, an encryption)
3. to crack (a person, breaking down their will)
4. (colloquial) to work (especially shorter jobs for hire)

Conjugation

Conjugation of knäcka (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	knäcka		knäckas
Supine	knäckt		knäckts
Imperative	knäck		—
Imper. plural1	knäcken		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	knäcker	knäckte	knäcks, knäckes	knäcktes
Ind. plural1	knäcka	knäckte	knäckas	knäcktes
Subjunctive2	knäcke	knäckte	knäckes	knäcktes
	Participles
Present participle	knäckande
Past participle	knäckt
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• extraknäcka
• knäck
• knäckning
• knäckare

See also

• forcera

Further reading

• knäcka in Svensk ordbok.