kæft

See also: käft

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish kiæft, from Old Norse kjaptr. Cognate with Swedish käft, Norwegian kjeft, Icelandic kjaftur, and Faroese kjaftur. Related to kæbe and kaje.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɛfd]

Noun

kæft c (singular definite kæften, plural indefinite kæfter)

  1. (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

  1. (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)

References

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