känga

See also: kanga and kānga

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish kenkä, from Proto-Finnic *kenkä.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɕɛŋˌa/

Noun

känga c

  1. a boot (heavy shoe with a fairly short shaft)
    kängor med stålhätta
    steel-toed boots
    snöra kängorna
    lace one's boots
  2. (figuratively, colloquial) a swipe (critical remark)
    ge någon en känga
    take a swipe at someone
    få sig en känga
    receive a swipe

Usage notes

A high boot is a stövel. The intuition for känga is closer to a heavy-duty "regular" shoe.

Declension

Declension of känga
nominative genitive
singular indefinite känga kängas
definite kängan kängans
plural indefinite kängor kängors
definite kängorna kängornas

Derived terms

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References

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