knacklig

English translation: rough, uneven, badly

19:27 Feb 23, 2018
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Swedish term or phrase: knacklig
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
G. L.
United States
Local time: 11:50
English translation:rough, uneven, badly
Explanation:
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.
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Anders Ericsson
Sweden
Local time: 19:50
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5 +2rough, uneven, badly
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rough, uneven, badly


Explanation:
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.

Anders Ericsson
Sweden
Local time: 19:50
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Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
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".
41 mins

agree  Anna Herbst: Yes, "knackigt" or "knaggligt".
6 hrs
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