knappe

See also: Knappe and knäppe

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Adjective

knappe

1. inflection of knap:
   1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
   2. definite neuter singular attributive
   3. plural attributive

Verb

knappe

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of knappen

Anagrams

• kappen

German

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -apə

Adjective

knappe

1. inflection of knapp:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English cnæp; derived from Proto-Germanic *knappô; related to knape.

Alternative forms

• knap, cnappe, cnap

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /knap/

Noun

knappe (plural knappes)

2. knob, bump, bud
3. lump, bunch
4. knot, tie
5. (vulgar) testicle
   • c. 1425, May no man, line 13:

     but ȝyf he haue a tent of xv enche wyt letheryn knappes

     But if he has a dick with fifteen-inch white leather balls

Descendants

• English: knap
• Scots: knap (in part)
• → Welsh: cnap

References

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

Etymology 2

Possibly onomatopoeic.

Alternative forms

• knap

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈknap(ə)/

Noun

knappe

2. A vigourous strike or smiting.

Related terms

• knappen

Descendants

• English: knap

References

• “knap(pe, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 23 April 2018.

Etymology 3

Noun

knappe

2. (rare) alternative form of knape

Swedish

Adjective

knappe

1. definite natural masculine singular of knapp