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Feb 23, 2018 19:27
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Swedish term

knacklig

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This seems to be a common word used when talking about e.g. how someone speaks a language. (E.g. there is a document that says that a phone conversation in English "[gick] knackligt".)

I've searched high and low, and can't find any definition for this word. What does it mean?

Thanks
Proposed translations (English)
5 +2 rough, uneven, badly

Discussion

Anders Ericsson Feb 23, 2018:
Yepp, I'm swedish by birth, not choice.
Matt Bibby Feb 23, 2018:
Hard to say; knackig would be 'shaky/rather poor/bad', something like that. From the hits I've seen people seem to be using it to mean 'knackig', the 'l' may have crept in in the vernacular. Anders's name sounds Swedish so I reckon he's probably right :)
Daniel Löfström Feb 23, 2018:
Looks like a mix of "knackig" and "knagglig".
G. L. (asker) Feb 23, 2018:
Perhaps it is a synonymous variant of the term "knackig" ("shaky" according to one source), but I would like to confirm that.

Proposed translations

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rough, uneven, badly

It is misspelled (or some dialectical variant), it should be either "knackig" (compare to "motorn går knackigt" when speaking about an engine misfiring and spluttering), or it should be "knagglig", which basically would be "rough, uneven, bumpy".
It can be either one, and it doesnä't really matter which one.
Peer comment(s):
agree Agneta Pallinder : Absolutely - I think it is a version of "knaggligt", and the "ck" instead of "gg" could be contamination from the initial "k" as well as from "knackig".
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agree Anna Herbst : Yes, "knackigt" or "knaggligt".
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