In modern Swedish, verbs are not conjugated in person or number; the same verb form is used for all persons in singular and plural.
All Forms
| Infinitive | knipa |
| Present | kniper |
| Past | knep |
| Imperative | knip |
| Supine | knipit |
Verbs conjugated like 'knipa'
angripa,
anrida,
anstiga,
avdriva,
avglida,
avgnida,
avknipa,
avlida,
avrida,
avskrida,
avskriva,
avslita,
avstiga,
avsvida,
avvrida,
bakvrida,
bedriva,
begripa,
beknipa,
bekvida, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'knipa'
kipa,
knapa,
knåpa,
knipsa,
kniva,
knixa,
knopa,
avknipa,
beknipa,
flipa,
Translations
pinch, to arrest or capture
Additional Information
knipa kniper knep knipit knip! verb
klämma, nypa
[x kniper]
Engelsk översättning
pinch
Exempel
det kniper i
magen---I've a pain in my stomach
Stående uttryck
om det kniper ("i värsta fall")---if we run into trouble ("if the worst comes to the worst")
Svenskt
uppslagsord
kniper knep knipit knip! knipa verb
få tag i, skaffa sig
[A kniper x]
Engelsk översättning
win, obtain
Exempel
knipa en applåd---win applause
Etymology
1. jfr d.
knibe, nor. dial. knipa, mnt. knīpen (varav t. kneipen, kneifen), holl.
knijpen; av germ. knip-, besläktat med lit. gnýbti, knipa, med parallellform med begynnande hn i d. nibe, mnt. nīpen (se NÄPEN). — Jfr KNIPPA, sbst.
1, KNIPSA o. KNIV References:
1
2. From Middle Low German knīpen, from Proto-Germanic *knīpaną (“to pinch”). See: Proto-Germanic '
*knīpaną'.
Cognates
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Until the beginning of the 20th century, Swedish verbs had distinct forms for singular and plural. The forms below
show the verb conjugated in all moods, tenses, numbers, and persons.