Kniekehle
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German kniekel; equivalent to Knie (“knee”) + Kehle (“throat, pit”).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editKniekehle f (genitive Kniekehle, plural Kniekehlen)
Declension
editDeclension of Kniekehle [feminine]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Kniekehle | die | Kniekehlen |
genitive | einer | der | Kniekehle | der | Kniekehlen |
dative | einer | der | Kniekehle | den | Kniekehlen |
accusative | eine | die | Kniekehle | die | Kniekehlen |
References
edit- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1995) “Kniekehle”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 23rd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 456
Further reading
edit- “Kniekehle” in Duden online