knikken

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch cnicken; related to neigen (“to bend, turn”) and German nicken (“to nod”), itself from neigen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈknɪ.kə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: knik‧ken
  • Rhymes: -ɪkən

Verb

knikken

  1. to nod as in to express agreement

Conjugation

Conjugation of knikken (weak)
infinitive knikken
past singular knikte
past participle geknikt
infinitive knikken
gerund knikken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular knik knikte
2nd person sing. (jij) knikt, knik2 knikte
2nd person sing. (u) knikt knikte
2nd person sing. (gij) knikt knikte
3rd person singular knikt knikte
plural knikken knikten
subjunctive sing.1 knikke knikte
subjunctive plur.1 knikken knikten
imperative sing. knik
imperative plur.1 knikt
participles knikkend geknikt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

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