knie

See also: Knie

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Dutch knie.

Pronunciation
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Noun

knie (plural knieë)

  1. knee

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch cnie, from Old Dutch *cnio, from Proto-West Germanic *kneu, from Proto-Germanic *knewą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kni/
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  • Hyphenation: knie
  • Rhymes: -i

Noun

knie f (plural knieën, diminutive knietje n)

  1. A knee.
  2. (chiefly diminutive) A kneeing, a prod or blow with the knee.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Afrikaans: knie
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: kini
  • Jersey Dutch: k'nî
  • Negerhollands: kni, kini, knie
  • → Papiamentu: kinichi (from the diminutive)
  • → Sranan Tongo: kindi, kni, kini
    • → Aukan: kini
    • → Kari'na: kini
    • → Saramaccan: kiní

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kniː], [ˈkniːə]
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Verb

knie

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

Middle High German

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German kneo, from Proto-Germanic *knewą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu.

Noun

knie n

  1. knee

Declension
Declension of knie (neuter, a-stem)
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein daȥ knie diu knie
genitive eines dës kniewes dër kniewe
dative einem dëm kniewe dën kniewen
accusative ein daȥ knie diu knie

Descendants

References
  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “knie”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke‎, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
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