knatcha

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

knatch +‎ -a

Verb

knatcha (present knatchar, preterite knatchade, supine knatchat, imperative knatcha)

  1. (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)
  2. (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

Conjugation of knatcha (weak)
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.

References

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