en käft

käft as an interjection

käft in a sentence

• hajens käftar
  the jaws of the shark
• Hunden hade ett ben i käften
  The dog had a bone in its mouth
• slå någon på käften
  punch someone in the face (or "mouth, " literally – aggressive-sounding)
• slänga käft
  talk (literally "throw jaw")
• vara slängd i käften
  be quick to answer, have the gift of gab (literally "be thrown in the jaw")
• att låta käften gå
  to keep talking
• Jag kom till kontoret kl. 8 och det var inte en käft där.
  I came to the office at 8 o'clock and not a soul was there.

Expressions

• håll käften!
  shut up!
• slängd i käften
  have the gift of gab

Words built with käft

• krokodilkäft crocodile jaw

Questions

Similar words

mun

Origin

From Old Swedish kiæpter, from Old Norse kjaptr.

Nearby common words

käft is number 1,896 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

• 1,892bekant well-known, known
• 1,893avstånd distance, space (between)
• 1,894anlita engage
• 1,895plana flatten (out), plane; to move in a way that lifts the bow of a boat out of the water
• 1,897köp purchase
• 1,898flög flew
• 1,899givetvis naturally, of course
• 1,900polare mate, pal