kvekke

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²kʋɛk.kə/

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Verb

kvekke (present tense kvekkar, past tense kvekka, past participle kvekka, passive infinitive kvekkast, present participle kvekkande, imperative kvekke/kvekk)

1. (intransitive) to croak, ribbit

Alternative forms

• kvekka

Related terms

• kvekk

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)

1. (intransitive) to start, to jerk in surprise; to be startled

   Synonyms: kveppe, skvette, støkke

kvekke (present tense kvekker, past tense kvekte, past participle kvekt, passive infinitive kvekkast, present participle kvekkande, imperative kvekk)

1. (transitive) to startle

   Synonyms: skremme, kveppe, skvette, støkke

Alternative forms

• kvekka (intransitive verb, gvekke)
• kvekka, kvekkja, kvekkje (transitive verb)

Derived terms

• kvekke til
• kvekken

Related terms

• kvekk

Noun

kvekke n (definite singular kvekket, indefinite plural kvekke, definite plural kvekka)

1. a scare; something that startles one

Alternative forms

• kvekkje

Etymology 3

Adjective

kvekke

1. neuter singular of kvekken

References

• “kvekke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “kvekka”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
• “kvekke”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016