knicken
See also: Knicken
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German knicken, from Proto-Germanic *knikkoną (“to fold, snap”), which is imitative. Cognate with Dutch knikken.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈknɪkən/, [ˈknɪkən], [ˈknɪkŋ̩]
Audio (file) Audio (Austria) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪkŋ̩
- Hyphenation: kni‧cken
Verb
knicken (weak, third-person singular present knickt, past tense knickte, past participle geknickt, auxiliary haben or sein)
- (transitive) to crease; to fold; to bend (something that is stable, but not hard, e.g. paper) [auxiliary haben]
- (intransitive) to be creased; to be folded; to be bent [auxiliary sein]
- (informal) to (deliberately) forget, put out of one's mind [auxiliary haben]
- Morgen Abend? Das kannst du knicken! Ich habe Dienst.
- Tomorrow evening? Forget about it! I have to work.
Conjugation
infinitive | knicken | ||||
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present participle | knickend | ||||
past participle | geknickt | ||||
auxiliary | haben or sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich knicke | wir knicken | i | ich knicke | wir knicken |
du knickst | ihr knickt | du knickest | ihr knicket | ||
er knickt | sie knicken | er knicke | sie knicken | ||
preterite | ich knickte | wir knickten | ii | ich knickte1 | wir knickten1 |
du knicktest | ihr knicktet | du knicktest1 | ihr knicktet1 | ||
er knickte | sie knickten | er knickte1 | sie knickten1 | ||
imperative | knick (du) knicke (du) |
knickt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
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