knellen
Dutch
editEtymology
editUncertain. Perhaps borrowed from Middle High German *knellen (as in Middle High German zerknellen (“to crumple, crush, shatter, squash”)), perhaps from Middle High German knellen (“to bang, burst”), whence archaic German knellen (“to bang, slam, pop”).
Pronunciation
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Verb
editknellen
- to pinch, squeeze
- (figuratively) to oppress, to stifle
Inflection
editConjugation of knellen (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | knellen | |||
past singular | knelde | |||
past participle | gekneld | |||
infinitive | knellen | |||
gerund | knellen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | knel | knelde | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | knelt, knel2 | knelde | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | knelt | knelde | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | knelt | knelde | ||
3rd person singular | knelt | knelde | ||
plural | knellen | knelden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | knelle | knelde | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | knellen | knelden | ||
imperative sing. | knel | |||
imperative plur.1 | knelt | |||
participles | knellend | gekneld | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |