knellen
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain. 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 edit
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Verb edit
knellen
- to pinch, squeeze
- (figuratively) to oppress, to stifle
Inflection edit
| Conjugation of knellen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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. | ||||