knäcka

== Swedish == === Etymology === Related to knaka, and both are of imitative origin. Merged with obsolete strong verb knäcka (with past tense knack), which was used in intransitive sense, while the weak conjugation was originally only used for transitive sense. These two forms in Swedish and Danish has same infinitive (see Danish knække), in difference to Norwegian Nynorsk knekkja and knekka, while not used in insular Scandinavian languages at all. Compare also German knacken of the same origin. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -²ɛka === Verb === knäcka (present knäcker, preterite knäckte, supine knäckt, imperative knäck) to crack, to break, to snap to crack (a secret code, an encryption) to crack (a person, breaking down their will) (colloquial) to work (especially shorter jobs for hire) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== extraknäcka knäck knäckebröd knäckning knäckare ==== See also ==== forcera === References === “knäcka”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “knäcka”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “knäcka”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) knäcka in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)