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knuffa

push, shove

Meaning

push; shove

In Swedish: ge en knuff, stöta till

Conjugation

Conjugation of knuffa (push)
Infinitive	att knuffa	to push
Present	knuffar	jag knuffar
Past	knuffade	jag knuffade
Supine	knuffat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har knuffat	jag har knuffat
Past perfect	hade knuffat	jag hade knuffat
Future	ska knuffa	or: kommer att knuffa
Conditional	skulle knuffa	jag skulle knuffa
Imperative	knuffa!	a command
Present participle	knuffande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	knuffad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of knuffa
Infinitive	knuffas
Present	knuffas
Past	knuffades
Supine	knuffats

Group 1: -ar verbs. Present -ar, past -ade, supine -at. The largest and most regular group. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use knuffar. See the four verb groups explained.

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knuffa in a sentence

han knuffade omkull mig
he pushed me down
Han knuffade honom
He pushed him
Han knuffas
He's pushing (people) / He's jostling
Det knuffas där inne
There's pushing/jostling going on in there

Questions

What does knuffa mean in English?

knuffa means “push, shove”.

What is the past tense of knuffa?

The past tense of knuffa is knuffade (“jag knuffade”). The supine is knuffat, used in “jag har knuffat”.

What is the present tense of knuffa?

knuffar, the same for every person: jag knuffar, du knuffar, vi knuffar.

Similar words

fösaputta

Origin

From Middle Low German knuffen or German knuffen.

Nearby common words

knuffa is number 2,656 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,651inklusive including, inclusive of
2,652avfyra discharge, let off
2,653härlig lovely, glorious
2,655glasögon glasses, spectacles
2,657elda burn, light a fire
2,658badrum a bathroom (for taking care of personal hygiene (with one or more showers or bathtubs, and usually a toilet and a sink))
2,659utplåna obliterate
2,660omöjlig impossible

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary