snut

From Low German snut, snute (“snout”).

snut c (singular definite snutten, plural indefinite snutter)

1. Term of endearment.

• “snut” in Den Danske Ordbog

snut m (definite singular snuten, indefinite plural snutar, definite plural snutane)

1. alternative form of snute

snut

1. past passive participle of snuti

Originally meaning "snout," from Middle Low German snûte, from Old Saxon *snūt, from Proto-West Germanic *snūt.

• IPA^(key): /snʉːt/
• Rhymes: -ʉːt

snut c

1. snout; snoot
2. (slang, possibly derogatory) a cop (police officer)

   Synonyms: (more derogatory) gris, polis

3. (slang, possibly derogatory, in the singular definite "snuten") the cops (collectively)

   Synonyms: bängen, bylingen, aina, farbror blå, grisen, polisen

   Snuten kommer!

   The cops are coming!

Sometimes used ironically by police officers themselves. Usually less derogatory compared to other slang terms.

• snutbil (“cop car”)

• snut in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• snut in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• snut in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• sunt