knüllen

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

  • IPA(key): [ˈknʏlən]
  • 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
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