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Noun
Knan m (strong, genitive Knans, no plural)
- (obsolete, regional) dad, da, pops
- 1668, Grimmelshausen, Der abenteuerliche Simplicissimus Teutsch, I:
Mein Knan (dann alſo nennet man die Vaͤtter im Speſſert) hatte einen eignen Pallaſt/ ſo wol als ein anderer […].- My dad (which is what we call a father in the Spessart) has his palace just like any other.
Declension