fnysa
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]fnysa n
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Noun
[edit]fnysa n
Swedish
[edit]Verb
[edit]fnysa (present fnyser, preterite fnös or fnyste, supine fnyst, imperative fnys)
- to snort (exhale roughly through the nose)
- Tjuren fnös
- The bull snorted
- (sometimes figuratively, of a person) to express contempt or dissatisfaction (by snorting); to scoff, to harumph
- Kritikerna fnös åt den populära buskisföreställningen
- The critics scoffed at the popular slapstick show
- Det är inget att fnysa åt
- That's nothing to scoff at (idiomatic)
- *Fnys* ― *Harumph*
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | fnysa | fnysas | ||
| supine | fnyst | fnysts | ||
| imperative | fnys | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | fnysen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | fnyser | fnyste | fnyses | fnystes |
| ind. plural1 | fnysa | fnyste | fnysas | fnystes |
| subjunctive2 | fnyse | fnyste | fnyses | fnystes |
| present participle | fnysande | |||
| past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- frusta (“to snort (usually more intense)”)