knoop

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /knoːp/
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  • Hyphenation: knoop
  • Rhymes: -oːp

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch cnôop, from Old Dutch *knōp, from Proto-Germanic *knaupaz, one of several kn- words related to *knuttô (“knot”). Cognate with German Knauf.

Noun

knoop m (plural knopen, diminutive knoopje n)

  1. button (knob or small disc serving as a fastener)
  2. knot (i.e. a loop of string or any other long flexible material which cannot be untied without pulling part of the string through the loops)
    Ik zit in de knoop.
    I'm in a hard spot. / I'm all tied up.
  3. (mathematics) knot
  4. (nautical) knot (i.e. a unit of velocity, corresponding to traveling a distance of 1 nautical mile per hour)
  5. (botany) node, joint
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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

knoop

  1. inflection of knopen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative
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