Adjective: knapp
Hyphenation:
Definite Forms
Singular Masculine
knappe
All Other Forms
knappa
Comparison Forms
Comparative
| Indefinite | knappare |
| Definite | knappare |
Superlative
| Indefinite | knappast |
| Definite | knappaste |
Perifrastic Comparison Forms
Sample Sentences
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tiden är knapp (there's not much time)
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växa upp under knappa omständigheter (to grow up under conditions where nothing is abundant)
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en knapp kilometer (somewhat less than one kilometer)
Adjectives inflected like knapp
ordfattig,
sjövärdig,
syndig,
synlig,
urmodig,
syrlig,
snövit,
snörik,
snårig,
snäsig,
seriös,
sedlig,
snuvig,
snusig,
snipig,
snorig,
saftig,
sandig,
saklig,
definitiv, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
From Middle Low German knap, whence also German knapp, Danish knap. Further cognate with Dutch knap. Compare also Danish næppe (“hardly at all”). See: German Adjectives '
knapp', Dutch Adjectives '
knap'.
Verbs referencing "knapp"
Dutch Adjectives
knap, Finnish Adjectives
nafti.
Translations