knatcha
Swedish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]knatcha (present knatchar, preterite knatchade, supine knatchat, imperative knatcha)
- (slang) to break off a small piece from a block of hashish (e.g. for personal use when selling it, with or without mutual understanding)
- (slang, by extension) to take (a piece of) something (that belongs to someone else)
- – Jag fick bara elva lökringar och inte tolv som jag beställt. – Restaurangen knatchade dig.
- – I only got eleven onion rings and not twelve like I ordered. – The restaurant knatched you (took a piece).
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | knatcha | knatchas | ||
| supine | knatchat | knatchats | ||
| imperative | knatcha | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | knatchen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | knatchar | knatchade | knatchas | knatchades |
| ind. plural1 | knatcha | knatchade | knatchas | knatchades |
| subjunctive2 | knatche | knatchade | knatches | knatchades |
| present participle | knatchande | |||
| past participle | knatchad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.