knie

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Afrikaans[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch knie.

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

knie (plural knieë)

  1. knee

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch cnie, from Old Dutch *cnio, from Proto-West Germanic *kneu, from Proto-Germanic *knewą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

knie f (plural knieën, diminutive knietje n)

  1. A knee.
  2. (chiefly diminutive) A kneeing, a prod or blow with the knee.

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Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Afrikaans: knie
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: kini
  • Jersey Dutch: k'nî
  • Negerhollands: kni, kini, knie
  • → Papiamentu: kinichi (from the diminutive)
  • → Sranan Tongo: kindi, kni, kini

German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

knie

  1. inflection of knien:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. singular imperative
    3. first/third-person singular subjunctive I

Middle High German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old High German kneo, from Proto-Germanic *knewą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu.

Noun[edit]

knie n

  1. knee

Declension[edit]

Declension of knie (neuter, a-stem)
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein daȥ knie diu knie
genitive eines dës kniewes dër kniewe
dative einem dëm kniewe dën kniewen
accusative ein daȥ knie diu knie

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “knie”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke‎[1], Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
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