"knapp" meaning in Swedish

See knapp in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈknap/ Audio: Sv-knapp.ogg , LL-Q9027 (swe)-Salgo60-knapp.wav [Sweden] (note: Stockholm)
Etymology: From Middle Low German knap, whence also German knapp, Danish knap. Further cognate with Dutch knap. Compare also Danish næppe (“hardly at all”). Etymology templates: {{der|sv|gml|knap}} Middle Low German knap, {{cog|de|knapp}} German knapp, {{cog|da|knap}} Danish knap, {{cog|nl|knap}} Dutch knap, {{cog|da|næppe||hardly at all}} Danish næppe (“hardly at all”) Head templates: {{head|sv|adjective|||comparative|knappare|superlative|knappast||f2accel-form=comparative|f3accel-form=superlative|head=|sort=}} knapp (comparative knappare, superlative knappast), {{sv-adj}} knapp (comparative knappare, superlative knappast) Forms: knappare [comparative], knappast [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], knapp [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, positive], knappare [comparative, error-unrecognized-form, indefinite], knappast [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, superlative], knappt [indefinite, neuter, positive, singular], knappare [comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular], knappast [indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative], knappa [indefinite, plural, positive], knappare [comparative, indefinite, plural], knappast [indefinite, plural, superlative], knappe [archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, positive], knappare [archaic, comparative, indefinite, masculine, plural], knappast [archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, superlative], knappe [definite, masculine, positive, singular], knappare [comparative, definite, masculine, singular], knappaste [definite, masculine, singular, superlative], knappa [definite, error-unrecognized-form, positive], knappare [comparative, definite, error-unrecognized-form], knappaste [definite, error-unrecognized-form, superlative]
  1. scarce, not much of something
    Sense id: en-knapp-sv-adj-ReFK1PXx
  2. somewhat less than
    Sense id: en-knapp-sv-adj-hkd1ZglH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: knappa in, knapphet, knapphändig
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈknap/ Audio: Sv-knapp.ogg , LL-Q9027 (swe)-Salgo60-knapp.wav [Sweden] (note: Stockholm)
Etymology: From Old Norse knappr, from Proto-Germanic *knappô, *knappa-, which is perhaps related to *knappō (“knob, boy”). Etymology templates: {{der|sv|non|knappr}} Old Norse knappr, {{der|sv|gem-pro|*knappô}} Proto-Germanic *knappô Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||||g=c|g2=|g3=|g4=|head=|sort=}} knapp c, {{sv-noun|c}} knapp c
  1. a button (fastener for clothes) Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-knapp-sv-noun-v-usMf5b
  2. a button (meant to be pressed) Tags: common-gender Coordinate_terms: ratt, spak
    Sense id: en-knapp-sv-noun-4jLsJlBT
  3. a button (meant to be pressed)
    (graphical user interface) a button
    Tags: common-gender Coordinate_terms: ratt, spak
    Sense id: en-knapp-sv-noun-4~zis9Ly Categories (other): Graphical user interface, Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Buttons Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 1 5 2 22 31 22 18 Disambiguation of Buttons: 0 7 14 19 37 19 4 Topics: computing, engineering, graphical-user-interface, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  4. 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)
    Tags: common-gender Synonyms: strömbrytare Coordinate_terms: ratt, spak
    Sense id: en-knapp-sv-noun-kmaDWP6c
  5. (botany) an anther Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-knapp-sv-noun-AWvfoVru Categories (other): Botany Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: knappa, manschettknapp, tryckknapp Related terms: tangent
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "knappa in"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
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    {
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      },
      "expansion": "German knapp",
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      },
      "expansion": "Dutch knap",
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    },
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        "3": "",
        "4": "hardly at all"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knappast",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "knapp",
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      "form": "knappare",
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      "form": "knappt",
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    {
      "form": "knappare",
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      "form": "knappast",
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      "form": "knappa",
      "source": "declension",
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        "positive"
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      "form": "knappare",
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      "form": "knappe",
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      "form": "knappast",
      "source": "declension",
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        "superlative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "knappe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "positive",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "knappare",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "tags": [
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        "singular",
        "superlative"
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      "form": "knappa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "positive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "knappare",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
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        "4": "",
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        "8": "knappast",
        "9": "",
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        "f3accel-form": "superlative",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
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    }
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  "pos": "adj",
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              9,
              14
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          "english": "there's not much time",
          "text": "tiden är knapp",
          "translation": "there's not much time",
          "type": "example"
        },
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              15,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to grow up under conditions where nothing is abundant",
          "text": "växa upp under knappa omständigheter",
          "translation": "to grow up under conditions where nothing is abundant",
          "type": "example"
        }
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          "english": "somewhat less than one kilometer",
          "text": "en knapp kilometer",
          "translation": "somewhat less than one kilometer",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "somewhat less than"
      ],
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    }
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "knappa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "manschettknapp"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tryckknapp"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "nappi"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*knappô"
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse knappr, from Proto-Germanic *knappô, *knappa-, which is perhaps related to *knappō (“knob, boy”).",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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          "english": "fasten/button a button",
          "text": "knäppa en knapp",
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          "english": "sew on a button",
          "text": "sy fast en knapp",
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          "english": "Don't press the button",
          "text": "Tryck inte på knappen",
          "translation": "Don't press the button",
          "type": "example"
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    "Swedish terms derived from Old Norse",
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}

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