knellen

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Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps borrowed from Middle High German *knellen (as in Middle High German zerknellen (“to crumple, crush, shatter, squash”)), perhaps from Middle High German knellen (“to bang, burst”), whence archaic German knellen (“to bang, slam, pop”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

knellen

  1. to pinch, squeeze
  2. (figuratively) to oppress, to stifle

Conjugation

Conjugation of knellen (weak)
infinitive knellen
past singular knelde
past participle gekneld
infinitive knellen
gerund knellen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular knel knelde
2nd person sing. (jij) knelt, knel2 knelde
2nd person sing. (u) knelt knelde
2nd person sing. (gij) knelt knelde
3rd person singular knelt knelde
plural knellen knelden
subjunctive sing.1 knelle knelde
subjunctive plur.1 knellen knelden
imperative sing. knel
imperative plur.1 knelt
participles knellend gekneld
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

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