knapp
Elfdalian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse knappr, from Proto-Germanic *knappô, *knappa-, which is perhaps related to *knappō (“knob, boy”).
Noun edit
knapp m
Inflection edit
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German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German knap. Cognate with Dutch knap, whose sense "pretty" also occurs in old German attestations and is thought to be derived from "tight" via "tightly fitting" (of a piece of clothing). Further origin unsettled. Also compare Danish næppe (“hardly at all”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
knapp (strong nominative masculine singular knapper, comparative knapper, superlative am knappsten)
- scarce
- lean (having little extra)
- somewhat less (than)
- ein knappes Jahr
- a little less than a year
- (clothes) short or tight
- a close call, a narrow escape
- Das war knapp. Wir wären fast abgestürzt!
- That was close. We nearly crashed!
Declension edit
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist knapp | sie ist knapp | es ist knapp | sie sind knapp | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | knapper | knappe | knappes | knappe |
genitive | knappen | knapper | knappen | knapper | |
dative | knappem | knapper | knappem | knappen | |
accusative | knappen | knappe | knappes | knappe | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der knappe | die knappe | das knappe | die knappen |
genitive | des knappen | der knappen | des knappen | der knappen | |
dative | dem knappen | der knappen | dem knappen | den knappen | |
accusative | den knappen | die knappe | das knappe | die knappen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein knapper | eine knappe | ein knappes | (keine) knappen |
genitive | eines knappen | einer knappen | eines knappen | (keiner) knappen | |
dative | einem knappen | einer knappen | einem knappen | (keinen) knappen | |
accusative | einen knappen | eine knappe | ein knappes | (keine) knappen |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist knapper | sie ist knapper | es ist knapper | sie sind knapper | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | knapperer | knappere | knapperes | knappere |
genitive | knapperen | knapperer | knapperen | knapperer | |
dative | knapperem | knapperer | knapperem | knapperen | |
accusative | knapperen | knappere | knapperes | knappere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der knappere | die knappere | das knappere | die knapperen |
genitive | des knapperen | der knapperen | des knapperen | der knapperen | |
dative | dem knapperen | der knapperen | dem knapperen | den knapperen | |
accusative | den knapperen | die knappere | das knappere | die knapperen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein knapperer | eine knappere | ein knapperes | (keine) knapperen |
genitive | eines knapperen | einer knapperen | eines knapperen | (keiner) knapperen | |
dative | einem knapperen | einer knapperen | einem knapperen | (keinen) knapperen | |
accusative | einen knapperen | eine knappere | ein knapperes | (keine) knapperen |
Derived terms edit
Adverb edit
knapp
- narrowly, just, barely
- Wir sind knapp pünktlich.
- We’re just in time.
- somewhat less than, almost
- Antonym: gut
- Sein Sohn ist knapp acht Jahre alt.
- His son is just under eight years old/is almost eight years old.
- Es ist knapp sieben Uhr.
- It's just before seven o'clock/almost seven o'clock.
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “knapp” in Duden online
- “knapp” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “knapp”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Hunsrik edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German knap. Cognate with Dutch knap, but of uncertain ultimate origin. Also compare Danish næppe (“hardly at all”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
knapp (comparative knapper, superlative knappest)
Declension edit
Declension of knapp (see also Appendix:Hunsrik adjectives) | |||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | ||
Weak inflection | nominative | knapp | knapp | knapp | knappe |
accusative | knappe | knapp | knapp | knappe | |
dative | knappe | knappe | knappe | knappe | |
Strong inflection | nominative | knapper | knappe | knappes | knappe |
accusative | knappe | knappe | knappes | knappe | |
dative | knappem | knapper | knappem | knappe |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
knapp m (definite singular knappen, indefinite plural knapper, definite plural knappene)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “knapp” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
knapp m (definite singular knappen, indefinite plural knappar, definite plural knappane)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “knapp” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Low German knap, whence also German knapp, Danish knap. Further cognate with Dutch knap. Compare also Danish næppe (“hardly at all”).
Adjective edit
knapp (comparative knappare, superlative knappast)
- scarce, not much of something
- tiden är knapp
- there's not much time
- växa upp under knappa omständigheter
- to grow up under conditions where nothing is abundant
- somewhat less than
- en knapp kilometer
- somewhat less than one kilometer
Declension edit
Inflection of knapp | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | knapp | knappare | knappast |
Neuter singular | knappt | knappare | knappast |
Plural | knappa | knappare | knappast |
Masculine plural3 | knappe | knappare | knappast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | knappe | knappare | knappaste |
All | knappa | knappare | knappaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse knappr, from Proto-Germanic *knappô, *knappa-, which is perhaps related to *knappō (“knob, boy”).
Noun edit
knapp c
- a button (fastener for clothes)
- knäppa en knapp
- fasten/button a button
- sy fast en knapp
- sew on a button
- a button (meant to be pressed)
- (graphical user interface) a button
- a switch (in the form of a button, or sometimes more generally by informal extension, especially for light switches)
- Synonym: strömbrytare
- en ljusknapp / lysknapp
- a light switch
- (botany) an anther
Declension edit
Declension of knapp | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | knapp | knappen | knappar | knapparna |
Genitive | knapps | knappens | knappars | knapparnas |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Finnish: nappi
See also edit
References edit
Yola edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English knobbe.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
knapp (plural knappas)
- A button stuffed with cloth.
References edit
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 50