Jump to content

knicken

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
See also: Knicken

German

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Borrowed from Middle Low German knicken, from Proto-Germanic *knikkōną (to fold, snap), which is partly imitative. Cognate with Dutch knikken.

Pronunciation

[edit]

Verb

[edit]

knicken (weak, third-person singular present knickt, past tense knickte, past participle geknickt, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (transitive) to crease; to fold; to bend (something that is stable, but not hard, e.g. paper) [auxiliary haben]
  2. (intransitive) to be creased; to be folded; to be bent [auxiliary sein]
  3. (Germany, informal) to (deliberately) forget, put out of one's mind [auxiliary haben]
    Morgen Abend? Das kannst du knicken! Ich habe Dienst.Tomorrow evening? Forget about it! I have to work.

Conjugation

[edit]

Derived terms

[edit]

Further reading

[edit]
  • knicken” in Duden online
  • knicken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache