knappen

See also: Knappen and knäppen

Danish

Noun

knappen c

  1. definite singular of knap

Dutch

Etymology

Probably of imitative origin; see also knippen (“to cut off, pinch”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈknɑ.pə(n)/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑpən

Verb

knappen

  1. to crack

Inflection
Inflection of knappen (weak)
infinitive knappen
past singular knapte
past participle geknapt
infinitive knappen
gerund knappen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular knapknapte
2nd person sing. (jij) knaptknapte
2nd person sing. (u) knaptknapte
2nd person sing. (gij) knaptknapte
3rd person singular knaptknapte
plural knappenknapten
subjunctive sing.1 knappeknapte
subjunctive plur.1 knappenknapten
imperative sing. knap
imperative plur.1 knapt
participles knappendgeknapt
1) Archaic.

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1022

German

Pronunciation
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Adjective

knappen

  1. inflection of knapp:
    1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
    2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
    3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
    4. strong dative plural
    5. weak/mixed all-case plural

Middle English

Etymology

From knappe (“strike”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈknapən/

Verb

knappen

  1. (transitive, rare) To hit; land a blow at.

Conjugation
Conjugation of knappen (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) knappen, knappe
present tense past tense
1st-person singular knappe knapped
2nd-person singular knappest knappedest
3rd-person singular knappeth knapped
subjunctive singular knappe
imperative singular —
plural1 knappen, knappe knappeden, knappede
imperative plural knappeth, knappe —
participles knappynge, knappende knapped, yknapped

1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants
  • English: knap

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

knappen m

  1. definite singular of knapp

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

knappen m

  1. definite singular of knapp

Swedish

Noun

knappen

  1. definite singular of knapp.
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