Knappe

See also: knappe and knäppe

German

Etymology

From Middle High German knappe, from Old High German knappo, from Proto-Germanic *knappô (“boy, youth”), from Proto-Indo-European *gnebʰ- (“to press, tighten”). Compare Dutch knaap, English knave, English obsolete knape, Danish knabe, Icelandic knapi. See also the related Knabe.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈknapə/
  • Rhymes: -apə

Noun

Knappe m (genitive Knappen, plural Knappen)

  1. squire

Declension
Declension of Knappe
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Knappe die Knappen
genitive eines des Knappen der Knappen
dative einem dem Knappen den Knappen
accusative einen den Knappen die Knappen

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