knyck

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Deverbal from knycka.

Noun[edit]

knyck c

  1. a twitch, a jerk (short, abrupt, sudden, fairly stiff motion)
    en knyck på nacken
    a twitch of the neck, (often) bridling
  2. (colloquial) Synonym of kilometer i timmen (kilometers per hour)
    Synonyms: km/tim, km/h
    De körde i hundra knyck
    They were going a hundred kilometers per hour
    • 2022 September 11, Marcus Berggren, “Körde 400 knyck på allmän väg – slipper åtal [Drove 400 km/h on a public road - avoids prosecution]”, in Dagens PS[1]:
      I november 2021 rapporterade vi om en Bugatti-ägare som körde 417 knyck på tyska autobahn. Han riskerade fängelse men nu har förundersökningen lagts ner.
      In November 2021, we reported on a Bugatti owner who drove 417 km/h on the German autobahn. He risked prison, but now the preliminary investigation has been closed.

Declension[edit]

Declension of knyck 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative knyck knycken knyckar knyckarna
Genitive knycks knyckens knyckars knyckarnas

Verb[edit]

knyck

  1. imperative of knycka

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