knop

From Middle English knop, from Old English cnoppa, cnop, from Proto-Germanic *knuppô, *knuppaz, *knappô, which is perhaps related to *knappō (“knob, boy”).

knop (plural knops)

1. A knob, usually ornamental

• “knop”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

• ponk

Borrowed from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch knoppe; see knob.

knop c (singular definite knoppen, plural indefinite knopper)

1. (botany) bud (of a plant)

• “knop” in Den Danske Ordbog

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *knappô, or a variant of it, one of many kn- words related to *knuttô (“a knot”).

Cognate with German Knopf and probably English knop. Also related with Dutch knob, knobbel, German Knubbel, which are cognate with English knob.

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• Rhymes: -ɔp

knop m (plural knoppen, diminutive knopje n)

1. a knob, roundish handle, ornament etc.
2. a button, control device to push etc.; metonymy: control, power to stop
3. a bud on a (growing) plant

• (control device): schakelaar

• deurknop
• knopmade m or f
• knopvormig
• lichtknop

• → Indonesian: knop (“knob”)
• → Papiamentu: kònòpi, knoppi (dated)

From Dutch knop.

• IPA^(key): [ˈk(ə)nɔp̚]
• Hyphenation: knop

knop (first-person possessive knopku, second-person possessive knopmu, third-person possessive knopnya)

1. knob.

   Synonym: tombol

• “knop” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

• knopp, knoppe, cnoppe, knope

From Old English cnoppa, cnop, from Proto-Germanic *knuppô, *knuppaz, *knappô, one of many kn- words related to *knuttô (“a knot”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈknɔp(ə)/

knop (plural knoppes)

1. A decorative or ornamental knob.
2. Another ornamental feature.
3. A kneecap
4. A bud of a plant.

• knoppen

• English: knop
• Scots: knap (in part)

• “knop(pe, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-23.

From Middle Low German knop and Dutch knoop.

knop m (definite singular knopen, indefinite plural knoper, definite plural knopene)

1. a knot (e.g. in a rope)

knop m (definite singular knopen, indefinite plural knop, definite plural knopene)

1. a knot (one nautical mile per hour)

• “knop” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Middle Low German knop and Dutch knoop.

knop m (definite singular knopen, indefinite plural knopar, definite plural knopane)

1. a knot (e.g. in a rope)

knop m (definite singular knopen, indefinite plural knop, definite plural knopane)

1. a knot (one nautical mile per hour)

• “knop” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Middle Low German knōp (“knot”), probably via Old Saxon from a variant of Proto-Germanic *knappô (“knob, lump”), one of several kn- words related to *knuttô (“knot”). Compare Dutch knoop.

knop c

1. a knot (looping)
2. (uncountable) knot (speed unit)

knop

1. knot
2. button