"käft" meaning in All languages combined

See käft on Wiktionary

Interjection [Swedish]

Etymology: From Old Swedish kiæpter, from Old Norse kjaptr. Cognate with Danish kæft, Norwegian kjeft, Icelandic kjaftur, and Faroese kjaftur. Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|kiæpter}} Old Swedish kiæpter, {{inh|sv|non|kjaptr}} Old Norse kjaptr, {{cog|da|kæft}} Danish kæft, {{cog|no|kjeft}} Norwegian kjeft, {{cog|is|kjaftur}} Icelandic kjaftur, {{cog|fo|kjaftur}} Faroese kjaftur Head templates: {{head|sv|interjection}} käft
  1. shut up (short for håll käften) Categories (topical): Mouth Synonyms: käften
    Sense id: en-käft-sv-intj-Sydno8ib Disambiguation of Mouth: 47 14 39 0 Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Swedish entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 65 2 28 5 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with topic categories using raw markup: 61 3 30 6

Noun [Swedish]

Etymology: From Old Swedish kiæpter, from Old Norse kjaptr. Cognate with Danish kæft, Norwegian kjeft, Icelandic kjaftur, and Faroese kjaftur. Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|kiæpter}} Old Swedish kiæpter, {{inh|sv|non|kjaptr}} Old Norse kjaptr, {{cog|da|kæft}} Danish kæft, {{cog|no|kjeft}} Norwegian kjeft, {{cog|is|kjaftur}} Icelandic kjaftur, {{cog|fo|kjaftur}} Faroese kjaftur Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||g=c|g2=|head=|sort=}} käft c, {{sv-noun|c}} käft c Inflection templates: {{sv-infl-noun-c-ar}}, {{sv-decl-noun|käft|käften|käftar|käftarna|käfts|käftens|käftars|käftarnas|base=käft|definitions=|gender=Common}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], käft [indefinite, nominative, singular], käften [definite, nominative, singular], käftar [indefinite, nominative, plural], käftarna [definite, nominative, plural], käfts [genitive, indefinite, singular], käftens [definite, genitive, singular], käftars [genitive, indefinite, plural], käftarnas [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. a jaw or (open) mouth of an animal (especially one with a powerful bite) Tags: common-gender Categories (topical): Mouth Synonyms: käke
    Sense id: en-käft-sv-noun-LiSuhZQI Disambiguation of Mouth: 47 14 39 0
  2. (colloquial, mildly offensive) a mouth of a human Tags: colloquial, common-gender, mildly, offensive Categories (topical): Mouth Synonyms: mun
    Sense id: en-käft-sv-noun-sv:human Disambiguation of Mouth: 47 14 39 0
  3. (colloquial, in the expression "inte en käft") a person Tags: colloquial, common-gender Synonyms: kotte, jävel
    Sense id: en-käft-sv-noun-3zgetLtX
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: få på käften, ge på käften, håll käften, hålla käften, käfta, käfta emot, käftis, käftsmäll Related terms: munläder

Inflected forms

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    {
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          "english": "be quick to answer, have the gift of gab (literally \"be thrown in the jaw\")",
          "text": "vara slängd i käften",
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          "text": "att låta käften gå",
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          "english": "I came to the office at 8 o'clock and not a soul was there",
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          "text": "slå någon på käften\npunch someone in the face (or \"mouth,\" literally – aggressive-sounding)",
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          "english": "talk (literally \"throw jaw\")",
          "text": "slänga käft",
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          "english": "be quick to answer, have the gift of gab (literally \"be thrown in the jaw\")",
          "text": "vara slängd i käften",
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        "in the expression \"inte en käft\""
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "kotte"
        },
        {
          "word": "jävel"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "common-gender"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "sv:käft"
  ],
  "word": "käft"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Swedish common-gender nouns",
    "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swedish entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "Swedish interjections",
    "Swedish lemmas",
    "Swedish nouns",
    "Swedish terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish",
    "Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse",
    "Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish",
    "sv:Mouth"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gmq-osw",
        "3": "kiæpter"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Swedish kiæpter",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "kjaptr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse kjaptr",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "kæft"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish kæft",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "no",
        "2": "kjeft"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian kjeft",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "kjaftur"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic kjaftur",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "kjaftur"
      },
      "expansion": "Faroese kjaftur",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Swedish kiæpter, from Old Norse kjaptr. Cognate with Danish kæft, Norwegian kjeft, Icelandic kjaftur, and Faroese kjaftur.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "interjection"
      },
      "expansion": "käft",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "shut up (short for håll käften)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shut up",
          "shut up"
        ],
        [
          "håll käften",
          "håll käften#Swedish"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "käften"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "sv:käft"
  ],
  "word": "käft"
}

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