Borrowed from German Low German . Compare Dutch knuffelen (“to cuddle”).
knuffen (weak, third-person singular present knufft, past tense knuffte, past participle geknufft, auxiliary haben)
infinitive | knuffen | ||||
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present participle | knuffend | ||||
past participle | geknufft | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich knuffe | wir knuffen | i | ich knuffe | wir knuffen |
du knuffst | ihr knufft | du knuffest | ihr knuffet | ||
er knufft | sie knuffen | er knuffe | sie knuffen | ||
preterite | ich knuffte | wir knufften | ii | ich knuffte1 | wir knufften1 |
du knufftest | ihr knufftet | du knufftest1 | ihr knufftet1 | ||
er knuffte | sie knufften | er knuffte1 | sie knufften1 | ||
imperative | knuff (du) knuffe (du) |
knufft (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.