snut
Danish
[edit]Noun
[edit]snut
- Term of endearment.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Noun
[edit]snut m (definite singular snuten, indefinite plural snutar, definite plural snutane)
- Alternative form of snute
Slovene
[edit]Participle
[edit]snut
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Originally meaning "snout," from Middle Low German snûte, from Old Saxon *snūt, from Proto-West Germanic *snūt.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]snut c
- (slang, possibly derogatory) a cop (police officer)
- (slang, possibly derogatory, in the singular definite "snuten") the cops (collectively)
Usage notes
[edit]Sometimes used ironically by police officers themselves. Usually less derogatory compared to other slang terms.
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | snut | snuts |
| definite | snuten | snutens | |
| plural | indefinite | snutar | snutars |
| definite | snutarna | snutarnas |
Derived terms
[edit]- snutbil (“cop car”)
References
[edit]- snut in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- snut in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- snut in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams
[edit]Categories:
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish endearing terms
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- Slovene non-lemma forms
- Slovene past passive participles
- Swedish terms derived from Middle Low German
- Swedish terms derived from Old Saxon
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Swedish/ʉːt
- Rhymes:Swedish/ʉːt/1 syllable
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish slang
- Swedish derogatory terms
- Swedish terms with usage examples