knäipen
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Luxembourgish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
The same word as northern Moselle Franconian kneipe, Ripuarian kniepe (“to blink”), from the constant glances to the side. Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *knīpan, probably through Middle Dutch knîpen. Cognate with Dutch knijpen, German kneifen and kniepen.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
knäipen (third-person singular present knäipt, past participle geknäipt, auxiliary verb hunn)
- to copy (from another pupil during a school test)