fnatt
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Probably related to dialectal fnas (“scale”)
Noun
fnatt n (definite singular fnattet, indefinite plural fnatt, definite plural fnatta or fnattene)
- scabies
- (figuratively) conniption
Derived terms
- til å få fnatt av
See also
- hattifnatt
References
- “fnatt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “fnatt” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “fnatt” in The Ordnett Dictionary
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Probably related to dialectal fnas (“scale”)
Noun
fnatt n (definite singular fnattet, indefinite plural fnatt, definite plural fnatta)
- scabies
- (figuratively) conniption
References
- “fnatt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Noun
fnatt c
- (colloquial) conniption
- Hon fick fnatt när hon såg vad de gjort med tapeten
- She went nuts when she saw what they had done to the wallpaper
- Katten fick fnatt när den såg plastormen
- The cat went bonkers went it saw the plastic snake
- Datorn har fått fnatt
- The computer has gone crazy
- (dialectal) itching, scabies
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | fnatt | fnatts |
| definite | fnatten | fnattens | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |
Derived terms
- (dialectal) furufnatt (“squirrel”)