knippen

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈknɪpə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: knip‧pen
• Rhymes: -ɪpən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch knippen, further etymology unknown. Directly related only with Middle Low German knippen. Probably onomatopoeic.

The sense “to blink” may, at least in part, be due to conflation with knijpen (“to squeeze”). Compare de ogen toeknijpen (“to screw up one’s eyes”); also Low German knippen and kniepen both in the sense of “to blink”, German kniepen. See also Dutch knipperen.

Verb

knippen

1. (transitive) to cut with scissors
2. (transitive, computing) to cut (remove an item and place it in memory for later use)
3. (transitive, archaic) to make a pinching movement, especially with one's eyelids; thus, to blink
4. (intransitive, transitive) to snap one's fingers

Inflection

Conjugation of knippen (weak)
infinitive	knippen
past singular	knipte
past participle	geknipt
infinitive	knippen
gerund	knippen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	knip	knipte
2nd person sing. (jij)	knipt, knip2	knipte
2nd person sing. (u)	knipt	knipte
2nd person sing. (gij)	knipt	knipte
3rd person singular	knipt	knipte
plural	knippen	knipten
subjunctive sing.1	knippe	knipte
subjunctive plur.1	knippen	knipten
imperative sing.	knip
imperative plur.1	knipt
participles	knippend	geknipt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

• afknippen
• bijknippen
• doorknippen
• inknippen
• knipoog
• knipperen
• verknippen

Descendants

• Afrikaans: knip
• → Papiamentu: kènèp
• → West Frisian: knippe

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

knippen

1. plural of knip

Swedish

Noun

knippen

1. indefinite plural of knippe