knuffa

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

knuffa (present tense knuffar, past tense knuffa, past participle knuffa, passive infinitive knuffast, present participle knuffande, imperative knuffa/knuff)

1. push, shove

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German knuffen or German knuffen.

Verb

knuffa (present knuffar, preterite knuffade, supine knuffat, imperative knuffa)

1. push, shove, nudge, jostle

   Han knuffade honom

   He pushed him

   Han knuffas

   He's pushing (people) / He's jostling

   Det knuffas där inne

   There's pushing/jostling going on in there

Usage notes

• Would commonly be understood as a push with the hands without further context, though it can also mean pushing with other body parts. Same intuition as English push.
• Means is pushing (delivering pushes) in the passive knuffas, which could refer to jostling for example. This form can also be used impersonally, like in the last example. See also the usage notes for -s.

Conjugation

Conjugation of knuffa (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	knuffa		knuffas
supine	knuffat		knuffats
imperative	knuffa		—
imper. plural1	knuffen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	knuffar	knuffade	knuffas	knuffades
ind. plural1	knuffa	knuffade	knuffas	knuffades
subjunctive2	knuffe	knuffade	knuffes	knuffades
present participle		knuffande
past participle		knuffad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• knuff (“push, shove”)

See also

• putta (“to lightly push”)
• tränga

References

• knuffa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• knuffa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• knuffa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• knuffa in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)