knäa
See also: knaa
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From knä (“knee”) + -a. Doublet of knega, which is derived from a dialectal form of the same noun.
Verb
[edit]knäa (present knäar, preterite knäade, supine knäat, imperative knäa)
- to strike (someone) with the knee; to knee
- Han knäade honom i skrevet
- He kneed him in the crotch
- to bend one's knees or move with bent knees (involuntarily, e.g. due to physical exertion)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of knäa (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | knäa | knäas | ||
| Supine | knäat | knäats | ||
| Imperative | knäa | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | knäen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | knäar | knäade | knäas | knäades |
| Ind. plural1 | knäa | knäade | knäas | knäades |
| Subjunctive2 | knäe | knäade | knäes | knäades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | knäande | |||
| Past participle | knäad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||