In modern Swedish, verbs are not conjugated in person or number; the same verb form is used for all persons in singular and plural.
All Forms
| Infinitive | knappa |
| Present | knappar |
| Past | knappade |
| Imperative | knappa |
| Supine | knappat |
Verbs conjugated like 'knappa'
abalienera,
abandonnera,
abbreviera,
abdikera,
abila,
ablaktera,
abonnera,
abortera,
abradera,
absentera,
absolvera,
absorbera,
abstrahera,
accedera,
accelerera,
accentera,
accentuera,
acceptera,
accisera,
acklimatisera, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'knappa'
kappa,
klappa,
knapa,
knäppa,
knapra,
knoppa,
krappa,
nappa,
snappa,
anpappa,
Translations
Sample Sentences
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knappa på datorn (tap away at the computer)
Additional Information
knappa otillräcklig, begränsad
Engelsk översättning
scarce, meagre
Exempel
vinna med knapp majoritet---win by a narrow margin
knappa resurser---scarce resources
Stående uttryck
en
knapp ("inte fullt en") timme---less than an ("not a complete") hour
med knapp nöd ("nätt och jämnt")---a narrow escape ("barely, narrowly")
Etymology
1. jfr d.
knappe, nor. dial. knappa; till KNAPP, adj. 2 sv. dial. knappa, slå, bulta; till KNAPP, sbst. References:
1 2
2. knapp (“button”) + -a
Cognates
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Until the beginning of the 20th century, Swedish verbs had distinct forms for singular and plural. The forms below
show the verb conjugated in all moods, tenses, numbers, and persons.