Knäckebrot
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German
Alternative forms
Etymology
Partial calque of Swedish knäckebröd. The first component is unaltered from Swedish knäcka (“to crack, snap”). German-speakers commonly analyse it as knacken + Brot, which is ultimately both semantically and etymologically correct.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈknɛkəˌbʁoːt/ (Germany)
- IPA(key): /ˈknɛkɛˌbʁoːt/, (Austria, Southern Germany, Switzerland)
- Hyphenation: Knä‧cke‧brot; until 1996: Knäk‧ke‧brot
Noun
Knäckebrot n (strong, genitive Knäckebrots or Knäckebrotes, plural Knäckebrote)
Declension
Declension of Knäckebrot
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | das | Knäckebrot | die | Knäckebrote |
| genitive | eines | des | Knäckebrots, Knäckebrotes | der | Knäckebrote |
| dative | einem | dem | Knäckebrot, Knäckebrote1 | den | Knäckebroten |
| accusative | ein | das | Knäckebrot | die | Knäckebrote |
1Now rare, see notes.
Further reading
- “Knäckebrot” in Duden online