knudde

Dutch

Etymology

A word that rapidly came into fashion in the 1920s. Probably related to kneuter and kneuterig.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈknʏ.də/

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• Hyphenation: knud‧de
• Rhymes: -ʏdə

Adjective

knudde (not comparable)

1. (chiefly Netherlands, informal) bad, clumsy, worthless, oafish
   • 1921 May 14, “Sport. O. S. V.-nieuws”, in De Waterlander, volume 16, number 697, page 6:

     Met de voorhoede was het ook „knudde”

     Among the forwards it was also amateur hour.

Inflection

Declension of knudde
uninflected	knudde
inflected	knudde
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		knudde
indefinite	m./f. sing.	knudde
	n. sing.	knudde
	plural	knudde
definite		knudde
partitive		knuddes