knuffa

knuffa (present tense knuffar, past tense knuffa, past participle knuffa, passive infinitive knuffast, present participle knuffande, imperative knuffa/knuff)

1. push, shove

From Middle Low German knuffen or German knuffen.

knuffa (present knuffar, preterite knuffade, supine knuffat, imperative knuffa)

1. push, shove, nudge, jostle

   Han knuffade honom

   He pushed him

   Han knuffas

   He's pushing (people) / He's jostling

   Det knuffas där inne

   There's pushing/jostling going on in there

• Would commonly be understood as a push with the hands without further context, though it can also mean pushing with other body parts. Same intuition as English push.
• Means is pushing (delivering pushes) in the passive knuffas, which could refer to jostling for example. This form can also be used impersonally, like in the last example. See also the usage notes for -s.

• knuff (“push, shove”)

• putta (“to lightly push”)
• tränga

• knuffa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• knuffa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• knuffa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• knuffa in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)