knycka

Swedish

Verb

knycka (present knycker, preterite knyckte, supine knyckt, imperative knyck)

  1. to twitch, to jerk (make one or more short, abrupt, sudden, fairly stiff motions)
    Popping är en dansstil där man knycker på/med kroppen
    Popping is a dance style where you twitch/jerk your body
    knycka på nacken
    toss the head (backwards, to show disdain or the like)
  2. (colloquial) to steal, to nick
    knycka äpplen
    steal apples

Usage notes

Sometimes combined with till in (sense 1), expressing suddenness.

Conjugation
Conjugation of knycka (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive knycka knyckas
Supine knyckt knyckts
Imperative knyck —
Imper. plural1 knycken —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative knycker knyckte knycks, knyckes knycktes
Ind. plural1 knycka knyckte knyckas knycktes
Subjunctive2 knycke knyckte knyckes knycktes
Participles
Present participle knyckande
Past participle knyckt
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

References
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