UrsprungFrom the verb knorra (“to curl up, twist”), an imitative word similar to the identical verb meaning "to grunt."
- common-gender, countable, uncountablecurl (small spiral or similar twisted shape)
“Grisen har knorr på svansen” — The pig has a curled tail ("has curl on its tail")
- broadly, common-gendera pig's tail
- common-gender, figurativelya spin (with a ball)
- common-gendera clever twist (at the end of something, like for example a speech or article)
- neutergrumbling (complaining under one's breath)
- neutergrumbling (from a stomach)
Formerknorr(indefinite, nominative, singular) · knorrs(genitive, indefinite, singular) · knorren(definite, nominative, singular) · knorrens(definite, genitive, singular) · knorrar(indefinite, nominative, plural) · knorrars(genitive, indefinite, plural) · knorrarna(definite, nominative, plural) · knorrarnas(definite, genitive, plural) · knorret(definite, nominative, singular) · knorrets(definite, genitive, singular) · -(indefinite, nominative, plural) · -(genitive, indefinite, plural) · -(definite, nominative, plural) · -(definite, genitive, plural)