knåpa

Swedish

Verb

knåpa (present knåpar, preterite knåpade, supine knåpat, imperative knåpa)

  1. to tinker
    Vad knåpar du med?
    What are you tinkering with?
    Synonyms: pilla, pyssla, påta, pula
  2. (with ihop) to put together (with fiddly connotations)
    Jag knåpar ihop en definition
    I'm putting together a definition

Usage notes

Stress on ihop in (sense 2).

Conjugation
Conjugation of knåpa (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive knåpa knåpas
Supine knåpat knåpats
Imperative knåpa —
Imper. plural1 knåpen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative knåpar knåpade knåpas knåpades
Ind. plural1 knåpa knåpade knåpas knåpades
Subjunctive2 knåpe knåpade knåpes knåpades
Participles
Present participle knåpande
Past participle —
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References
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