knokken
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Usually regarded as a borrowing from English knock, despite the enounced k- in Dutch. Alternatively, and less likely, perhaps a derivative of Dutch knok, a variant of knook (“knuckle, bone”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
knokken
- (informal, intransitive) to fight, to dust up
- (informal, transitive) to hit, to beat
Inflection edit
Inflection of knokken (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | knokken | |||
past singular | knokte | |||
past participle | geknokt | |||
infinitive | knokken | |||
gerund | knokken n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | knok | knokte | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | knokt | knokte | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | knokt | knokte | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | knokt | knokte | ||
3rd person singular | knokt | knokte | ||
plural | knokken | knokten | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | knokke | knokte | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | knokken | knokten | ||
imperative sing. | knok | |||
imperative plur.1 | knokt | |||
participles | knokkend | geknokt | ||
1) Archaic. |
Derived terms edit
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old English cnocian, from Proto-West Germanic *knokōn, from Proto-Germanic *knukōną.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
knokken
- To pound; to beat down.
- To strike (with a weapon or one's head)
- To knock or rap on (something).
- c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)[1], published c. 1410, Apocalips 3:20, page 118v, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
- lo I ſtonde at the doꝛe .· ⁊ knocke if ony man heriþ my voys · ⁊ openeþ þe ȝate to me · I ſhal entre to hym · ⁊ ſoupe with hym · ⁊ he with me
- I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears my voice and opens the door for me, I'll go and dine with them, and them with me.
- To beat against the breast.
- To pulverise; to crush to bits.
- (rare) To assault; to attack.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of knokken (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “knokken, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.