knække
Danish edit
Etymology edit
Cognate with Norwegian knekke, Swedish knäcka. Probably of onomatopoeic origin. Compare also German knacken (“to crack”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
knække (imperative knæk, infinitive at knække, present tense knækker, past tense knækkede, perfect tense or (unofficial) knak)
- (transitive) to break (make a thing fall apart)
- (transitive) to break (break down a person mentally or economically)
- (transitive) to suffer a fracture in
- (transitive) to solve (a problem, a code)
- (intransitive) to crack, break (fall apart)
- (intransitive) to crack, break (shift suddenly)
- (intransitive) to give up
Conjugation edit
Inflection of knække
References edit
- “knække” in Den Danske Ordbog