Knick

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Deverbal from knicken (“to bend, to fold”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /knɪk/
  • Audio (Austria)(file)
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪk

Noun[edit]

Knick m (strong, genitive Knicks or Knickes, plural Knicke or (rare) Knicks)

  1. crease
  2. A wall of shrubberies, dividing a rural area.

Declension[edit]

Declension of Knick [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Knick die Knicke, Knicks2
genitive eines des Knicks, Knickes der Knicke, Knicks2
dative einem dem Knick, Knicke1 den Knicken, Knicks2
accusative einen den Knick die Knicke, Knicks2

1Now rare, see notes.
2Rare.

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Further reading[edit]

  • “Knick” in Duden online
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