Knaken
German Low German
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editKnaken 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
editReferences
edit- Der neue SASS: Plattdeutsches Wörterbuch, Plattdeutsch - Hochdeutsch, Hochdeutsch - Plattdeutsch. Plattdeutsche Rechtschreibung, sixth revised edition (2011, →ISBN, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster)