knattra

== Swedish == === Etymology === Onomatopoeic === Verb === knattra (present knattrar, preterite knattrade, supine knattrat, imperative knattra) to (cause to) make short, sharp, repeated sounds (that are not too loud) ==== Usage notes ==== "Knatter" might provide decent intuition. Not as soft-sounding as puttra (“putter”), but still not too loud. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== knatter ==== See also ==== puttra smattra (similar, more intense) === References === “knattra”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “knattra”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) knattra in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)