knække

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Danish

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Etymology

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Cognate with Norwegian knekke, Swedish knäcka. Probably of onomatopoeic origin. Compare also German knacken (to crack).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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knække (imperative knæk, infinitive at knække, present tense knækker, past tense knækkede, perfect tense or (unofficial) knak)

  1. (transitive) to break (make a thing fall apart)
  2. (transitive) to break (break down a person mentally or economically)
  3. (transitive) to suffer a fracture in
  4. (transitive) to solve (a problem, a code)
  5. (intransitive) to crack, break (fall apart)
  6. (intransitive) to crack, break (shift suddenly)
  7. (intransitive) to give up

Conjugation

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