Knappe

See also: knappe and knäppe

German

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German knappe, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German knappo, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *knappô (“boy, youth”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *gnebʰ- (“to press, tighten”). Compare Dutch knaap, English knave, English obsolete knape, Danish knabe, Icelandic knapi. See also the related Knabe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈknapə/

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• Rhymes: -apə

Noun

Knappe m (genitive Knappen, plural Knappen)

1. squire

Related terms

• Schildknappe
• Ritter

Further reading

• “Knappe” in Duden online