From Middle Low German. Compare German knicken (“to crease”), Old Norse kneikja (“to bend with force”).
knécken (third-person singular present knéckt, past participle geknéckt, auxiliary verb hunn)
| Regular | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | knécken | |
| participle | geknéckt | |
| auxiliary | hunn | |
| present indicative |
imperative | |
| 1st singular | knécken | — |
| 2nd singular | knécks | knéck |
| 3rd singular | knéckt | — |
| 1st plural | knécken | — |
| 2nd plural | knéckt | knéckt |
| 3rd plural | knécken | — |
| (n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. | ||
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knécken (third-person singular present knéckt, past participle geknéckt, auxiliary verb sinn)
| Regular | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | knécken | |
| participle | geknéckt | |
| auxiliary | sinn | |
| present indicative |
imperative | |
| 1st singular | knécken | — |
| 2nd singular | knécks | knéck |
| 3rd singular | knéckt | — |
| 1st plural | knécken | — |
| 2nd plural | knéckt | knéckt |
| 3rd plural | knécken | — |
| (n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. | ||