knattern

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German

Etymology

Since the late 17th century, probably from Central German dialects. Ultimately of imitative origin. Perhaps comparable to knittern (to crease, crumple), with which it shares an ablaut relationship.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈknatərn/,
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  • Hyphenation: knat‧tern

Verb

knattern (weak, third-person singular present knattert, past tense knatterte, past participle geknattert, auxiliary haben) (intransitive)

  1. to rattle, chatter, clatter (make a quick series of banging noises, e.g. like the engine of a motorcycle)
  2. (slang) to shag, fuck (have sex)

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “knattern”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

Further reading

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