Knick

See also: knick

German

Etymology

Deverbal from knicken (“to bend, to fold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /knɪk/

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• Rhymes: -ɪk

Noun

Knick m (strong, genitive Knicks or Knickes, plural Knicke or (rare) Knicks)

1. crease
2. A wall of shrubberies, dividing a rural area.

Declension

Declension of Knick [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Knick	die	Knicke, Knicks2
genitive	eines	des	Knicks, Knickes	der	Knicke, Knicks2
dative	einem	dem	Knick, Knicke1	den	Knicken, Knicks2
accusative	einen	den	Knick	die	Knicke, Knicks2

¹Now rare, see notes.
²Rare.

Synonyms

• (shrubbery): Wallhecke

References

• Wallhecke on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Further reading

• “Knick” in Duden online