knopp
Middle English edit
Noun edit
knopp
- Alternative form of knop
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German knoppe, knuppe or Low German knoppe, knuppe.
Noun edit
knopp m (definite singular knoppen, indefinite plural knopper, definite plural knoppene)
References edit
- “knopp” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German knoppe, knuppe or Low German knoppe, knuppe.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
knopp m (definite singular knoppen, indefinite plural knoppar, definite plural knoppane)
References edit
- “knopp” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch knoppe; probably via Old Saxon from a variant of Proto-Germanic *knappô (“knob, lump”), perhaps related to *knappō (“knob, boy”).
Noun edit
knopp c
- (botany) a bud (of a flower)
- a knob, a bulb, a ball, a stud, a rounded tip or top; compare knapp, ratt, handtag
- (colloquial) head, noggin (used in many expressions)
- Synonym: huvudknopp
- klar i knoppen
- clear thinking, fully awake, etc.
Declension edit
Declension of knopp | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | knopp | knoppen | knoppar | knopparna |
Genitive | knopps | knoppens | knoppars | knopparnas |
Descendants edit
- → Finnish: nuppi
Further reading edit
- knopp in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- knopp in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)