kniepe

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Central Franconian

Alternative forms

  • kneipe (northernmost Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

Possibly an unshifted relict, but regarding that the verb is restricted chiefly to the secondary sense “to blink” and has weak conjugation, probably borrowed from a Low Franconian dialect, from Middle Dutch knīpen, from Proto-West Germanic *knīpan.

Pronunciation

Verb

kniepe (third-person singular present kniep, past participle jekniep)

  1. (Ripuarian) to blink, wink
  2. (Ripuarian, rare) to squeeze, pinch
    Synonym: petsche

German

Verb

kniepe

  1. inflection of kniepen:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    3. singular imperative