knastra
Swedish
[edit]Verb
[edit]knastra (present knastrar, preterite knastrade, supine knastrat, imperative knastra)
- to crackle; to crunch
- Gruset knastrade under skosulorna
- The gravel crunched under the soles of my shoes
- knastrande ved
- crackling firewood
- Det knastrar i nacken
- There is a crackling/crunching sound [it crackles/crunches] in my neck [nape (back of the neck)]
Usage notes
[edit]Used to describe both the crunchy sound of walking on gravel and the crackling sound of (dry) firewood burning. A sharp, dry crackling sound.
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | knastra | — | ||
| supine | knastrat | — | ||
| imperative | knastra | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | knastren | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | knastrar | knastrade | — | — |
| ind. plural1 | knastra | knastrade | — | — |
| subjunctive2 | knastre | knastrade | — | — |
| present participle | knastrande | |||
| past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “knastra”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “knastra”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “knastra”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- knastra in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)