Swedish interjection· top 1,000 most common

käften

shut up (short for håll käften)

Meaning

shut up (short for håll käften)

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What does käften mean?

käften in a sentence

Äh, käften
Meh, shut up

Questions

What does käften mean in English?

käften means “shut up (short for håll käften)”.

Nearby common words

käften is number 758 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

754varm hot, warm
755förbi past
756dåligt poorly
757stick get lost
759återvända return
760ned down
761hemskt awfully, terribly
762häst horse

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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