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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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]

  • IPA(key): [kniː], [ˈkniːə]

Verb[edit]

knie

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