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knåpa

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Swedish

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Verb

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knåpa (present knåpar, preterite knåpade, supine knåpat, imperative knåpa)

  1. to tinker
    Synonyms: pilla, pyssla, påta, pula
    Vad knåpar du med?
    What are you tinkering with?
  2. (with ihop) to put together (with fiddly connotations)
    Jag knåpar ihop en definition
    I'm putting together a definition

Usage notes

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Stress on ihop in (sense 2).

Conjugation

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Conjugation of knåpa (weak)
active passive
infinitive knåpa knåpas
supine knåpat knåpats
imperative knåpa
imper. plural1 knåpen
present past present past
indicative knåpar knåpade knåpas knåpades
ind. plural1 knåpa knåpade knåpas knåpades
subjunctive2 knåpe knåpade knåpes knåpades
present participle knåpande
past participle

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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