knatcha
Swedish
Alternative forms
- knätcha
Etymology
knatch + -a
Verb
knatcha (present knatchar, preterite knatchade, supine knatchat, imperative knatcha)
- (slang) to break off a small piece from a block of hashish (e.g. for personal use when selling it, with or without mutual understanding)
- (slang, by extension) to take (a piece of) something (that belongs to someone else)
- – Jag fick bara elva lökringar och inte tolv som jag beställt. – Restaurangen knatchade dig.
- – I only got eleven onion rings and not twelve like I ordered. – The restaurant knatched you (took a piece).
Conjugation
Conjugation of knatcha (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | knatcha | knatchas | ||
| Supine | knatchat | knatchats | ||
| Imperative | knatcha | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | knatchen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | knatchar | knatchade | knatchas | knatchades |
| Ind. plural1 | knatcha | knatchade | knatchas | knatchades |
| Subjunctive2 | knatche | knatchade | knatches | knatchades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | knatchande | |||
| Past participle | knatchad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
References
- Slangopedia