Knaken

German Low German edit

Alternative forms edit

(in some other dialects, including eastern Low Prussian) Knake
(in some other dialects) Knoken

Etymology edit

From Middle Low German knōke, with a final -n added to mimic German Knochen.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /knɔːkn̩/, /knɒːkn̩/ (more on the merger of monophthongal A and O)

Noun edit

Knaken m (plural Knaken or Knakens)

(in many dialects, including western Low Prussian) an individual bone; a bone as an object rather than as a material

See also edit

Been, Bein
Plautdietsch: Knoake

References edit

Der neue SASS: Plattdeutsches Wörterbuch, Plattdeutsch - Hochdeutsch, Hochdeutsch - Plattdeutsch. Plattdeutsche Rechtschreibung, sixth revised edition (2011, →ISBN, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster)

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