fnysa

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• fnysene

Noun

fnysa n

1. definite plural of fnys

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

fnysa n

1. definite plural of fnys

Swedish

Verb

fnysa (present fnyser, preterite fnös or fnyste, supine fnyst, imperative fnys)

1. to snort (exhale roughly through the nose)

   Tjuren fnös

   The bull snorted

2. (sometimes figuratively, of a person) to express contempt or dissatisfaction (by snorting); to scoff, to harumph

   Kritikerna fnös åt den populära buskisföreställningen

   The critics scoffed at the popular slapstick show

   Det är inget att fnysa åt

   That's nothing to scoff at (idiomatic)

   *Fnys* ― *Harumph*

Conjugation

Conjugation of fnysa (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	fnysa		fnysas
supine	fnyst		fnysts
imperative	fnys		—
imper. plural1	fnysen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	fnyser	fnyste	fnyses	fnystes
ind. plural1	fnysa	fnyste	fnysas	fnystes
subjunctive2	fnyse	fnyste	fnyses	fnystes
present participle		fnysande
past participle		—

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• fnys

See also

• frusta (“to snort (usually more intense)”)

References

• fnysa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• fnysa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• fnysa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)