See also: Knapp and knäpp

Elfdalian

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Etymology

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From Old Norse knappr, from Proto-Germanic *knappô, *knappa-, which is perhaps related to *knappō (knob, boy).

Noun

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knapp m

  1. button
  2. knob

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German knap, probably related to Old Norse hneppr (button) and hneppa (pinch), all from Proto-Germanic *knappô, *knappa-, which is perhaps related to *knappō (knob, boy). Cognate with Dutch knap, but of uncertain ultimate origin. Also compare Danish næppe (hardly at all).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /knap/, [knap]
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  • Audio (Berlin, East Central German):(file)

Adjective

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knapp (strong nominative masculine singular knapper, comparative knapper, superlative am knappsten)

  1. scarce
  2. lean (having little extra)
  3. somewhat less (than)
    ein knappes Jahr
    a little less than a year
  4. (clothes) short or tight
  5. a close call, a narrow escape
    Das war knapp. Wir wären fast abgestürzt!
    That was close. We nearly crashed!

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Derived terms

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Adverb

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knapp

  1. narrowly, just, barely
    Wir sind knapp pünktlich.
    We’re just in time.
  2. somewhat less than, almost
    Antonym: gut
    Sein Sohn ist knapp acht Jahre alt.
    His son is just under eight years old/is almost eight years old.
    Es ist knapp sieben Uhr.
    It's just before seven o'clock/almost seven o'clock.

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Hunsrik

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Alternative forms

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  • knaps (Wiesemann spelling)

Etymology

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From Middle Low German knap, probably related to Old Norse hneppr (button) and hneppa (pinch), all from Proto-Germanic *knappô, *knappa-, which is perhaps related to *knappō (knob, boy). Cognate with Dutch knap, but of uncertain ultimate origin. Also compare Danish næppe (hardly at all).[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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knapp (comparative knapper, superlative knappest)

  1. scarce

Declension

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Declension of knapp (see also Appendix:Hunsrik adjectives)
masculine feminine neuter plural
Weak inflection nominative knapp knapp knapp knappe
accusative knappe knapp knapp knappe
dative knappe knappe knappe knappe
Strong inflection nominative knapper knappe knappes knappe
accusative knappe knappe knappes knappe
dative knappem knapper knappem knappe

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References

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Further reading

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  • Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “knapp”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 92, column 2

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse knappr.

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knapp m (definite singular knappen, indefinite plural knapper, definite plural knappene)

  1. button

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse knappr.

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knapp m (definite singular knappen, indefinite plural knappar, definite plural knappane)

  1. button

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Swedish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Low German knap, whence also German knapp, Danish knap. Further cognate with Dutch knap. Compare also Danish næppe (hardly at all).

Adjective

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knapp (comparative knappare, superlative knappast)

  1. scarce, not much of something
    tiden är knapp
    there's not much time
    växa upp under knappa omständigheter
    to grow up under conditions where nothing is abundant
  2. somewhat less than
    en knapp kilometer
    somewhat less than one kilometer
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Inflection of knapp
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular knapp knappare knappast
Neuter singular knappt knappare knappast
Plural knappa knappare knappast
Masculine plural3 knappe knappare knappast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 knappe knappare knappaste
All knappa knappare knappaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic
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Etymology 2

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From Old Norse knappr, from Proto-Germanic *knappô, *knappa-, which is perhaps related to *knappō (knob, boy).

Noun

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knapp c

  1. a button (fastener for clothes)
    knäppa en knapp
    fasten/button a button
    sy fast en knapp
    sew on a button
  2. a button (meant to be pressed)
    Coordinate terms: ratt, spak
    Tryck inte på knappen
    Don't press the button
    1. (graphical user interface) a button
    2. a switch (in the form of a button, or sometimes more generally by informal extension, especially for light switches)
      Synonym: strömbrytare
      en ljusknapp / lysknapp
      a light switch
  3. (botany) an anther
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Descendants
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  • Finnish: nappi
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Yola

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Etymology

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From Middle English knobbe.

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knapp (plural knappas)

  1. A button stuffed with cloth.

References

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 50