kæft

See also: käft

Danish

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

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 quote)
    • 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 quote)
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