kæft
See also: käft
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse kjaptr. Cognate with Swedish käft, Norwegian kjeft, Icelandic kjaftur, and Faroese kjaftur.
Noun
kæft c (singular definite kæften, plural indefinite kæfter)
- (vulgar) mouth
- 1925, Gads danske magasin:
- Han skal katten-kløme byde saadan, at de andre Auktionsgæster hver og jen nok skal holde deres Kæfter lukkede!
- He shall certainly bid so that everyone else attending the auction shall keep their mouths shut!
Declension
Declension of kæft
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | kæft | kæften | kæfter | kæfterne |
| genitive | kæfts | kæftens | kæfters | kæfternes |
Derived terms
Interjection
kæft
- (informal) Expression of emotion.
- 2016, Bjarne Dalsgaard Svendsen, Delfinen, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
- To stemmer – Bennys og Mogens' – lød inden i hans hoved: „Kæft, Chris“.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1986, Thøger Birkeholm, Bjarne Reuter, Natten i Safarihulen:
- Da de kunne få vejret igen, hviskede Elmer: -Kæft, lille fætter.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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