knüllen

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German knüllen, from Old High German knullen, from Proto-Germanic *knuzlijaną (to bump, to knock, to mash), ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *gen- (to squeeze, to pinch). Cognate with English knell and Swedish knulla (to fuck, to have sex).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: knül‧len
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Verb

knüllen (weak, third-person singular present knüllt, past tense knüllte, past participle geknüllt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to crumple

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Further reading

  • knüllen” in Duden online
  • knüllen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache