kvekke
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²kʋɛk.kə/
Etymology 1
Onomatopoeic.
Verb
kvekke (present tense kvekkar, past tense kvekka, past participle kvekka, passive infinitive kvekkast, present participle kvekkande, imperative kvekke/kvekk)
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Etymology 2
Compare Old Norse preterite hvakk, presumably of reconstructed Old Norse verb *hvekka. The transitive inflection has come into being either from an unattested Old Norse ancestor, or analogously to other labile verbs such as brenne, kveppe etc. The noun is derived from the verb.
Verb
kvekke (present tense kvekk, past tense kvakk, supine kvokke, past participle kvokken, present participle kvekkande, imperative kvekk)
kvekke (present tense kvekker, past tense kvekte, past participle kvekt, passive infinitive kvekkast, present participle kvekkande, imperative kvekk)
Derived terms
- kvekke til
- kvekken
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Noun
kvekke n (definite singular kvekket, indefinite plural kvekke, definite plural kvekka)
- a scare; something that startles one