Knirps

German

Etymology

Cognate with Low German knirfix, Middle English närvel, maybe also with Swabian knorp, Dutch knorf.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /knɪʁps/
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Noun

Knirps m (strong, genitive Knirpses, plural Knirpse, diminutive Knirpschen n)

  1. little chap
  2. folding umbrella

Declension
Declension of Knirps [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Knirps die Knirpse
genitive eines des Knirpses der Knirpse
dative einem dem Knirps, Knirpse1 den Knirpsen
accusative einen den Knirps die Knirpse

1Now rare, see notes.

References
  1. Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Knirps”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

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