knattern
German
Etymology
Since the end of the 17th century, of imitative origin, probably from Central German. See also knittern.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈknatɐn]
- Hyphenation: knat‧tern
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Verb
knattern (weak, third-person singular present knattert, past tense knatterte, past participle geknattert, auxiliary haben)
- to rattle
Conjugation
infinitive | knattern | ||||
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present participle | knatternd | ||||
past participle | geknattert | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich knattre ich knattere ich knatter |
wir knattern | i | ich knattere ich knattre |
wir knattern |
du knatterst | ihr knattert | du knatterest du knattrest |
ihr knatteret ihr knattret | ||
er knattert | sie knattern | er knattere er knattre |
sie knattern | ||
preterite | ich knatterte | wir knatterten | ii | ich knatterte1 | wir knatterten1 |
du knattertest | ihr knattertet | du knattertest1 | ihr knattertet1 | ||
er knatterte | sie knatterten | er knatterte1 | sie knatterten1 | ||
imperative | knattre (du) knatter (du) knattere (du) |
knattert (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
References
- Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “knattern”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
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