knäcka

See also: knacka

Swedish

Etymology

Related to knaka. Merged with obsolete strong verb knäcka (with past tense knack), which was used in intransitive sense, while the weak conjugation was originally only used for transitive sense. These two forms in Swedish and Danish has same infinitive (see Danish knække), in difference to Norwegian Nynorsk knekkja and knekka, while not used in insular Scandinavian languages at all. Compare also German knacken of the same origin.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -²ɛka

Verb

knäcka (present knäcker, preterite knäckte, supine knäckt, imperative knäck)

  1. to crack, to break, to snap
    grenen knäcktes
    the branch snapped
    knäcka en bira
    crack a beer
  2. to crack (a secret code, an encryption)
  3. to crack (a person, breaking down their will)
  4. (colloquial) to work (especially shorter jobs for hire)

Conjugation

Conjugation of knäcka (weak)
active passive
infinitive knäcka knäckas
supine knäckt knäckts
imperative knäck —
imper. plural1 knäcken —
present past present past
indicative knäcker knäckte knäcks, knäckes knäcktes
ind. plural1 knäcka knäckte knäckas knäcktes
subjunctive2 knäcke knäckte knäckes knäcktes
present participle knäckande
past participle knäckt

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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