/ˈknap/
UrsprungFrom Middle Low German knap, whence also German knapp, Danish knap. Further cognate with Dutch knap. Compare also Danish næppe (“hardly at all”).
- scarce, not much of something
“tiden är knapp” — there's not much time
“växa upp under knappa omständigheter” — to grow up under conditions where nothing is abundant
- somewhat less than
“en knapp kilometer” — somewhat less than one kilometer
- common-gendera button (fastener for clothes)
“knäppa en knapp” — fasten/button a button
“sy fast en knapp” — sew on a button
- common-gendera button (meant to be pressed)
“Tryck inte på knappen” — Don't press the button
- common-gendera button
- common-gendera switch (in the form of a button, or sometimes more generally by informal extension, especially for light switches)
“en ljusknapp / lysknapp” — a light switch
- common-genderan anther
Formerknappare(comparative) · knappast(superlative) · 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)