knappe
Dutch
Pronunciation
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Adjective
knappe
- Inflected form of knap
Verb
knappe
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of knappen
Anagrams
German
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -apə
Adjective
knappe
- inflected form of knapp
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English cnapa.
Noun
knappe
- Alternative form of knape
Etymology 2
From Old English cnæp; derived from Proto-Germanic *knappô; related to knape.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈknap/
Noun
knappe (plural knappes)
- knob, bump, bud
- lump, bunch
- knot, tie
- (vulgar) testicle
- c. 1425, May no man 13.
- but ȝyf he haue a tent of xv enche wyt letheryn knappes
- But if he has a dick with fifteen-inch white leather balls
- c. 1425, May no man 13.
Descendants
References
- “knap(pe (n.(1))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-23.
Etymology 3
Possibly onomatopoeic.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈknap(ə)/
Noun
knappe
Related terms
Descendants
- English: knap
References
- “knap(pe (n.(2))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-23.
Swedish
Adjective
knappe
- absolute definite natural masculine form of knapp.
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