Swedish verb· top 5,000 most common

knäppa

snap, click, button, buckleAlso the plural of knäpp.

Meaning

snap; click; button; buckle

In Swedish: ge ifrån sig ett knäpp

Conjugation

Conjugation of knäppa (snap)
Infinitive	att knäppa	to snap
Present	knäpper	jag knäpper
Past	knäppte	jag knäppte
Supine	knäppt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har knäppt	jag har knäppt
Past perfect	hade knäppt	jag hade knäppt
Future	ska knäppa	or: kommer att knäppa
Conditional	skulle knäppa	jag skulle knäppa
Imperative	knäpp!	a command
Present participle	knäppande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	knäppt	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of knäppa
Infinitive	knäppas
Present	knäpps
Past	knäpptes
Supine	knäppts

Group 2: -er verbs. Present -er, past -de or -te (after a voiceless consonant), supine -t. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use knäpper. See the four verb groups explained.

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knäppa in a sentence

knäppa en bild
snap a picture
det knäpper i elementet
there's a clicking sound coming from the radiator
knäppa händerna
fold one's hands
knäppa byxorna
button one's trousers
Hon knäppte knappen
She buttoned the button
Han knäppte skjortan
He buttoned his shirt
Han knäppte upp skjortan
He unbuttoned his shirt
knäppa spännet
buckle the buckle

Questions

What does knäppa mean in English?

knäppa means “snap, click”.

What is the past tense of knäppa?

The past tense of knäppa is knäppte (“jag knäppte”). The supine is knäppt, used in “jag har knäppt”.

What is the present tense of knäppa?

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

Origin

knapp + -a

Nearby common words

knäppa is number 2,303 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,299ersätta compensate, replace
2,300nation nation, students' union
2,301smälta melt, smelt
2,302konstnär artist
2,304ström having strong currents (of a watercourse), "currenty"
2,305utveckla develop, elaborate
2,306grotta cave
2,307docka puppet, dummy

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