knop

See also: Knop

English

Etymology

From Middle English knop, from Old English cnoppa, cnop, from Proto-Germanic *knuppô, *knuppaz, *knappô, which is perhaps related to *knappō (“knob, boy”).

Noun

knop (plural knops)

1. A knob, usually ornamental
   • 1992, Elizabeth C. Parker, The Cloisters‎^[1], Metropolitan Museum of Art, →ISBN, page 148:

     The thin shaft of each stick, composed of two cylinders on either side of a central knop, is engraved with a scrollwork pattern known as vermicule for its wormlike appearance.

   • 1966, Jean Taralon, Treasures of the Churches of France‎^[2], G. Braziller, →ISBN, page 35:

     In the thirteenth century come the chalices of the treasuries of Troyes and Orléans, the one in the latter having been dug up with its paten. They are of very simple design, squat in outline, with a circular foot and a gadrooned knop; the same design occurs in the fourteenth century, on the chalice in the Bordeaux Treasury.

2. (architecture) A finial, or swelling termination
   • 2007, John James, In Search of the Unknown in Medieval Architecture‎^[3], Pindar Press, →ISBN, page 438:

     In the three upper elements, the knop-finial-fillet, both masters use all three squares from the base plan forming widths of 1:2:√2 (another pleasing rhythm). In the gable over the window the finials have width in the ratio of √2:4:2. The elements on the pinnacle relate to those on the gable as 1:√2, 1:2 and √2:2.

3. (sewing) A tuft or overthickened bunch of looped or twisted yarn
   • 2015, Katarzyna Ewa Grabowska, Izabela Ciesielska-Wróbel, “Characteristic and Application of Knop Fancy Yarn”, in Fibres and Textiles in Eastern Europe‎^[4], volume 23, number 1(109), archived from the original on 2023-11-04, pages 17-25:

     The thick places are created by winding effect yarn around the core yarn. We can distinguish the length of the knop L, its thickness D, the distance between them Q, and the nominal diameter of continuously twisted component yarns d. The sum of the distance between the knops and the length of a knop is the stitch of this kind of fancy yarn.

4. (botany, art) A closed bud or bud-like, swelling protuberance of a plant, or the representation thereof in the decorative arts
   • 1878, Sir George Christopher Molesworth Birdwood, Paris Universal Exhibition of 1878: Handbook to the British Indian Section‎^[5], Offices of the Royal Commission, page 106:

     On these shawl borders the knop and flower are often also combined, the knop becoming the cone or Cypress-like trunk of a tree, the branches of which fam out like the fronds of the Hom. [Plate III., fig. 6]. In some Indian and Persian carpets the knop or cone throws out graceful Hom fronds, one on either side, from the ends of which hangs a large flower, presenting the alternation of a branching cone and flower.

Translations

an ornamental knob

• Maori: rāpupuku

References

• “knop”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• ponk

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch knoppe; see knob.

Noun

knop c (singular definite knoppen, plural indefinite knopper)

1. (botany) bud (of a plant)

References

• “knop” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *knappô, or a variant of it, one of many kn- words related to *knuttô (“a knot”).

Cognate with German Knopf and probably English knop. Also related with Dutch knob, knobbel, German Knubbel, which are cognate with English knob.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɔp

Noun

knop m (plural knoppen, diminutive knopje n)

1. a knob, roundish handle, ornament etc.
2. a button, control device to push etc.; metonymy: control, power to stop

   Synonym: schakelaar

3. (botany) a bud of a plant

Derived terms

• deurknop
• knopherik
• knopmade
• knopvormig
• lichtknop

 

Descendants

• → Indonesian: knop (“knob”)
• → Papiamentu: kònòpi, knoppi (dated)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch knop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈk(ə)nɔp̚]
• Hyphenation: knop

Noun

knop (first-person possessive knopku, second-person possessive knopmu, third-person possessive knopnya)

1. knob.

   Synonym: tombol

Derived terms

• berknop

 

Further reading

• “knop” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• knopp, knoppe, cnoppe, knope

Etymology

From Old English cnoppa, cnop, from Proto-Germanic *knuppô, *knuppaz, *knappô, one of many kn- words related to *knuttô (“a knot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈknɔp(ə)/

Noun

knop (plural knoppes)

1. A decorative or ornamental knob.
2. Another ornamental feature.
3. A kneecap
4. A bud of a plant.

Related terms

• knoppen

Descendants

• English: knop
• Scots: knap (in part)

References

• “knop(pe, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-23.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German knop and Dutch knoop.

Noun

knop m (definite singular knopen, indefinite plural knoper, definite plural knopene)

1. a knot (e.g. in a rope)

knop m (definite singular knopen, indefinite plural knop, definite plural knopene)

1. a knot (one nautical mile per hour)

References

• “knop” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German knop and Dutch knoop.

Noun

knop m (definite singular knopen, indefinite plural knopar, definite plural knopane)

1. a knot (e.g. in a rope)

knop m (definite singular knopen, indefinite plural knop, definite plural knopane)

1. a knot (one nautical mile per hour)

References

• “knop” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German knōp (“knot”), probably via Old Saxon from a variant of Proto-Germanic *knappô (“knob, lump”), one of several kn- words related to *knuttô (“knot”). Compare Dutch knoop.

Noun

knop c

1. a knot (looping)
2. (uncountable) knot (speed unit)

Declension

Declension of knop
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	knop	knopen	knopar	knoparna
Genitive	knops	knopens	knopars	knoparnas

References

• knop in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• knop in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• knop in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Volapük

Noun

knop

1. knot
2. button