knappen

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See also: Knappen and knäppen

Danish

Noun

knappen c

  1. definite singular of knap

Dutch

Etymology

Probably of imitative origin; see also knippen (“to cut off, pinch”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈknɑ.pə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑpən

Verb

knappen

  1. to crack

Conjugation

Conjugation of knappen (weak)
infinitive knappen
past singular knapte
past participle geknapt
infinitive knappen
gerund knappen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular knap knapte
2nd person sing. (jij) knapt, knap2 knapte
2nd person sing. (u) knapt knapte
2nd person sing. (gij) knapt knapte
3rd person singular knapt knapte
plural knappen knapten
subjunctive sing.1 knappe knapte
subjunctive plur.1 knappen knapten
imperative sing. knap
imperative plur.1 knapt
participles knappend geknapt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

References

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

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

knappen

  1. inflection of knapp:
    1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
    2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
    3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
    4. strong dative plural
    5. weak/mixed all-case plural

Middle English

Etymology

From knappe (“strike”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Pronunciation

Verb

knappen

  1. (transitive, rare) To hit; land a blow at.

Conjugation

Conjugation of knappen (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) knappen, knappe
present tense past tense
1st-person singular knappe knapped
2nd-person singular knappest knappedest
3rd-person singular knappeth knapped
subjunctive singular knappe
imperative singular —
plural1 knappen, knappe knappeden, knappede
imperative plural knappeth, knappe —
participles knappynge, knappende knapped, yknapped

1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

  • English: knap

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

knappen m

  1. definite singular of knapp

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

knappen m

  1. definite singular of knapp

Swedish

Noun

knappen

  1. definite singular of knapp
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