knabbern

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from German Low German knabbeln, knabbern, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gnet- (to press). Compare Dutch knabbelen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈknabɐn/
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Verb

knabbern (weak, third-person singular present knabbert, past tense knabberte, past participle geknabbert, auxiliary haben)

  1. to nibble

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 1022, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1022

Further reading

  • knabbern” in Duden online
  • knabbern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache