knie

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Afrikaans

Alternative forms

(regional) knieg

Etymology

From Dutch knie.

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Noun

knie (plural knieë)

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/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: knie
Rhymes: -i

Noun

knie f (plural knieën, diminutive knietje n)

a knee
(chiefly diminutive) a kneeing, a prod or blow with the knee

Derived terms

Related terms

knielen

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]
Audio: (file)

Verb

knie

inflection of knien:

Middle High German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈkniə̯/

Noun

knie n

knee

Declension

Declension of knie (feminine, class 1 strong)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	daȥ	knie	diu	knie
genitive	eines	dës	kniewes	dër	kniewe
dative	eime	dëm	kniewe	dën	kniewen
accusative	ein	daȥ	knie	diu	knie

Derived terms

kniewen

Descendants

Alemannic German: Chnüüw
Cimbrian: khnia
German: Knie
Luxembourgish: Knéi
Vilamovian: kni
Yiddish: קני (kni)

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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