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"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "knappen",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "knappens",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "knappar",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "knappars",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "knapparna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "knapparnas",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "nouns",
"3": "",
"g": "c",
"g2": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "knapp c",
"name": "head"
},
{
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"1": "c"
},
"expansion": "knapp c",
"name": "sv-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "tangent"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Swedish terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "fasten/button a button",
"text": "knäppa en knapp",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "sew on a button",
"text": "sy fast en knapp",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a button (fastener for clothes)"
],
"links": [
[
"button",
"button"
]
],
"tags": [
"common-gender"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"sv:Graphical user interface"
],
"glosses": [
"a button (meant to be pressed)",
"a button"
],
"links": [
[
"button",
"button"
],
[
"graphical user interface",
"graphical user interface"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"a button (meant to be pressed)",
"(graphical user interface) a button"
],
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"topics": [
"computing",
"engineering",
"graphical-user-interface",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Swedish terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "a light switch",
"text": "en ljusknapp / lysknapp",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a button (meant to be pressed)",
"a switch (in the form of a button, or sometimes more generally by informal extension, especially for light switches)"
],
"links": [
[
"button",
"button"
],
[
"switch",
"switch"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "strömbrytare"
}
],
"tags": [
"common-gender"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Swedish terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Don't press the button",
"text": "Tryck inte på knappen",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a button (meant to be pressed)"
],
"links": [
[
"button",
"button"
]
],
"tags": [
"common-gender"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"sv:Botany"
],
"glosses": [
"an anther"
],
"links": [
[
"botany",
"botany"
],
[
"anther",
"anther"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(botany) an anther"
],
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"topics": [
"biology",
"botany",
"natural-sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈknap/"
},
{
"audio": "Sv-knapp.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6d/Sv-knapp.ogg/Sv-knapp.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Sv-knapp.ogg"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"sv:knapp"
],
"word": "knapp"
}
Download raw JSONL data for knapp meaning in Swedish (8.6kB)
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"path": [
"knapp"
],
"section": "Swedish",
"subsection": "adjective",
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"trace": ""
}
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"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'all'",
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],
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}
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