kvekke
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Verb
kvekke (present tense kvekkar, past tense kvekka, past participle kvekka, passive infinitive kvekkast, present participle kvekkande, imperative kvekke/kvekk)
- (intransitive) to croak, ribbit
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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)
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Noun
kvekke n (definite singular kvekket, indefinite plural kvekke, definite plural kvekka)
- a scare; something that startles one
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Etymology 3
Adjective
kvekke
References
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Nynorsk onomatopoeias
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk weak verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk intransitive verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk class 3 strong verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk transitive verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk neuter nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk non-lemma forms
- Norwegian Nynorsk adjective forms
- Norwegian Nynorsk ergative verbs