kvakke
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Onomatopoeic. Compare Old Norse kvaka. See also kvekke.
Verb[edit]
kvakke (present tense kvakkar, past tense kvakka, past participle kvakka, passive infinitive kvakkast, present participle kvakkande, imperative kvakke/kvakk)
- (intransitive, of an animal; dog, duck, etc.) to bark, quack
Noun[edit]
kvakke f (definite singular kvakka, indefinite plural kvakker, definite plural kvakkene)
- (dialectal) a jay, especially the Eurasian jay
- Synonyms: skrikje, nøtteskrikje
Etymology 2[edit]
Back-formation from kvakkar (“a quack (fraudulent doctor)”).
Verb[edit]
kvakke (present tense kvakkar, past tense kvakka, past participle kvakka, passive infinitive kvakkast, present participle kvakkande, imperative kvakke/kvakk)
- (intransitive) to practice or commit quackery
References[edit]
- “kvakke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- “kvakka”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
- “kvakke”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
Anagrams[edit]
Categories:
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Nynorsk onomatopoeias
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk weak verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk intransitive verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk feminine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk dialectal terms
- Norwegian Nynorsk back-formations
- nn:Corvids