knopp

knopp

1. Alternative form of knop

From Middle Low German knoppe, knuppe or Low German knoppe, knuppe.

knopp m (definite singular knoppen, indefinite plural knopper, definite plural knoppene)

1. (botany) a bud (of a flower, leaf or shoot)

• “knopp” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• knupp

From Middle Low German knoppe, knuppe or Low German knoppe, knuppe.

• IPA^(key): /knʊpː/, /knɔpː/

knopp m (definite singular knoppen, indefinite plural knoppar, definite plural knoppane)

1. (botany) a bud (of a flower, leaf or shoot)

• “knopp” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch knoppe; probably via Old Saxon from a variant of Proto-Germanic *knappô (“knob, lump”), perhaps related to *knappō (“knob, boy”).

knopp c

1. (botany) a bud (of a flower)
2. a knob, a bulb, a ball, a stud, a rounded tip or top; compare knapp, ratt, handtag
3. (colloquial) head, noggin (used in many expressions)

   Synonym: huvudknopp

   klar i knoppen

   clear thinking, fully awake, etc.

• → Finnish: nuppi

• knopp in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• knopp in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)