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English
Proper noun
Knoll
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Knoll is the 3,697th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 9,608 individuals. Knoll is most common among White (94.74%) individuals.
Czech
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
Knoll m anim (female equivalent Knollová)
- a male surname
Declension
Declension of Knoll (hard masculine animate)
Further reading
- “Knoll”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Old High German knollo, from Proto-Germanic *knudan-, *knudla-, *knulla- (“lump”), possibly related to Old English cnotta.[1]
Cognate with German Knolle, English knoll, Dutch knol, Swedish knöl.
Pronunciation
Noun
Knoll f (plural Knollen)
- (botany) bulb
- (botany) tuber
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Further reading