knippen

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle DutchCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch#KNIPPENCategory:Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch#KNIPPEN knippen, further etymology unknownCategory:Dutch terms with unknown etymologies#KNIPPEN. Directly related only with Middle Low German knippen. Probably onomatopoeicCategory:Dutch onomatopoeias#KNIPPEN.

The sense “to blink” may, at least in part, be due to conflation with knijpen (“to squeeze”). Compare de ogen toeknijpen (“to screw up one’s eyes”); also Low German knippen and kniepen both in the sense of “to blink”, German kniepen. See also Dutch knipperen.

Verb

knippenCategory:Dutch lemmas#KNIPPENCategory:Dutch verbs#KNIPPENCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#KNIPPENCategory:Pages with entries#KNIPPENCategory:Pages with 2 entries#KNIPPEN

  1. (transitiveCategory:Dutch transitive verbs#KNIPPEN) to cut with scissors
  2. (transitiveCategory:Dutch transitive verbs#KNIPPEN, computingCategory:nl:Computing#KNIPPEN) to cut (remove an item and place it in memory for later use)
  3. (transitiveCategory:Dutch transitive verbs#KNIPPEN, archaicCategory:Dutch terms with archaic senses#KNIPPEN) to make a pinching movement, especially with one's eyelids; thus, to blink
  4. (intransitiveCategory:Dutch intransitive verbs#KNIPPEN, transitiveCategory:Dutch transitive verbs#KNIPPEN) to snap one's fingers
Conjugation
Conjugation of knippen (weak)
infinitive knippen
past singular knipte
past participle geknipt
infinitive knippen
gerund knippen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular knipknipte
2nd person sing. (jij) knipt, knip2knipte
2nd person sing. (u) kniptknipte
2nd person sing. (gij) kniptknipte
3rd person singular kniptknipte
plural knippenknipten
subjunctive sing.1 knippeknipte
subjunctive plur.1 knippenknipten
imperative sing. knip
imperative plur.1 knipt
participles knippendgeknipt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Category:Dutch weak verbs#KNIPPENCategory:Dutch basic verbs#KNIPPEN
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

knippenCategory:Dutch non-lemma forms#KNIPPENCategory:Dutch noun forms#KNIPPENCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#KNIPPENCategory:Pages with entries#KNIPPENCategory:Pages with 2 entries#KNIPPEN

  1. plural of knip

Swedish

Noun

knippenCategory:Swedish non-lemma forms#KNIPPENCategory:Swedish noun forms#KNIPPENCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#KNIPPENCategory:Pages with entries#KNIPPENCategory:Pages with 2 entries#KNIPPEN

  1. indefinite plural of knippe
Category:Dutch basic verbs Category:Dutch intransitive verbs Category:Dutch lemmas Category:Dutch non-lemma forms Category:Dutch noun forms Category:Dutch onomatopoeias Category:Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch Category:Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch Category:Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Dutch terms with archaic senses Category:Dutch terms with audio pronunciation Category:Dutch terms with unknown etymologies Category:Dutch transitive verbs Category:Dutch verbs Category:Dutch weak verbs Category:Pages with 2 entries Category:Pages with entries Category:Rhymes:Dutch/ɪpən Category:Rhymes:Dutch/ɪpən/2 syllables Category:Swedish non-lemma forms Category:Swedish noun forms Category:nl:Computing