knåpa
Swedish
[edit]Verb
[edit]knåpa (present knåpar, preterite knåpade, supine knåpat, imperative knåpa)
- to tinker
- (with ihop) to put together (with fiddly connotations)
- Jag knåpar ihop en definition
- I'm putting together a definition
Usage notes
[edit]Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of knåpa (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | knåpa | knåpas | ||
| Supine | knåpat | knåpats | ||
| Imperative | knåpa | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | knåpen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | knåpar | knåpade | knåpas | knåpades |
| Ind. plural1 | knåpa | knåpade | knåpas | knåpades |
| Subjunctive2 | knåpe | knåpade | knåpes | knåpades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | knåpande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Related terms
[edit]- knåp (“tinkering”)