Knopp
English edit
Etymology edit
Proper noun edit
Knopp (plural Knopps)
- A surname from German.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Knopp is the 8080th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4103 individuals. Knopp is most common among White (96.73%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Knopp”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 325.
East Central German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
Knopp m (plural Knepp)
- (Erzgebirgisch) button (fastener)
- (Erzgebirgisch) button (mechanical device)
- (Erzgebirgisch) stud, knob, e.g. a doorknob
- (Erzgebirgisch, colloquial) small, cheeky child
Further reading edit
- 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 74:
German edit
Etymology edit
From a German Low German and Central German form of standard Upper German Knopf (compare Middle Low German knoppe). Adopted from the dialects into colloquial standard German.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Knopp m (strong, genitive Knopps, plural Knöppe)
- (colloquial, regional, northern and central Germany) Alternative form of Knopf (“button”)
- An meiner Jacke fallen jetz’ alle Knöppe ab.
- All the buttons on my jacket are falling off now.
Declension edit
Declension of Knopp [masculine, strong]
Further reading edit
- “Knopp” in Duden online
Hunsrik edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German, from Old High German knopf, from Proto-Germanic *knuppô (“lump, clod”), related to *knappô (“knob”), *knappa-, which is perhaps related to *knappō (“knob, boy”). Cognate with Luxembourgish Knapp.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Knopp m (plural Knepp, diminutive Kneppche)
- button (fastener)
- En Knopp fun meiner Jacke is abgefall.
- A button on my coat has fallen off.