känga
Appearance
Swedish
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Finnish kenkä, from Proto-Finnic *kenkä.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]känga c
- a boot (heavy shoe with a fairly short shaft)
- (figuratively, colloquial) a swipe (critical remark)
- ge någon en känga
- take a swipe at someone
- få sig en känga
- receive a swipe
Usage notes
[edit]A high boot is a stövel. The intuition for känga is closer to a heavy-duty "regular" shoe.
Declension
[edit]nominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | känga | kängas |
definite | kängan | kängans | |
plural | indefinite | kängor | kängors |
definite | kängorna | kängornas |
Derived terms
[edit]- vandringskänga (“hiking boot”)
- vinterkänga (“winter boot”)