"knife" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Englisch]

IPA: naɪf Audio: En-uk-a knife.ogg , En-us-knife.ogg Forms: the knife [singular], the knives [plural]
Rhymes: aɪf Etymology: altenglisch cnīf von altnordisch knifr von germanisch *knibaz (deutsch (dialektal) Kneip), mittelniederländisch cnijf)
  1. Hilfsmittel zum Schneiden; Messer
    Sense id: de-knife-en-noun-u3~8djMG Topics: tools
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: blade, jackknife, lance Hyponyms: machete Derived forms: knife-edge, knife edge, knife-edged, knife grinder, knife rest, putty knife Translations (Werkzeug): нож (nož) [masculine] (Bulgarisch), Messer [neuter] (Deutsch)

Verb [Englisch]

IPA: naɪf Audio: En-us-knife.ogg Forms: simple present I, you, they, simple present knife, he knifes, she knifes, it knifes, simple past knifed, present participle knifing, past participle knifed
Rhymes: aɪf Etymology: vom Substantiv knife, seit etwa 1865
  1. mit einem Messer bearbeiten
    Sense id: de-knife-en-verb-ZPztR9kw
  2. einstechen auf, erstechen, erdolchen, mit einem Messer stechen
    Sense id: de-knife-en-verb-kVRCn8SW
  3. jemanden in den Rücken fallen, abschießen
    Sense id: de-knife-en-verb-AAishDLV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cut, slash, stab Translations: jemandem in den Rücken fallen (Deutsch), abschießen (Deutsch) Translations (einstechen auf, erstechen, erdolchen, mit einem Messer stechen): messern (Deutsch) Translations (mit einem Messer bearbeiten): einstechen (Deutsch), erstechen (Deutsch), erdolchen (Deutsch)

Noun [Scots]

IPA: knəif Forms: the knife [singular], the knifes [plural]
  1. Schneidewerkzeug mit Griff und Klinge; Messer
    Sense id: de-knife-sco-noun-xvaaKnd3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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      "kind": "other",
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "knife-edge"
    },
    {
      "word": "knife edge"
    },
    {
      "word": "knife-edged"
    },
    {
      "word": "knife grinder"
    },
    {
      "word": "knife rest"
    },
    {
      "word": "putty knife"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "altenglisch cnīf von altnordisch knifr von germanisch *knibaz (deutsch (dialektal) Kneip), mittelniederländisch cnijf)",
  "expressions": [
    {
      "note": "ein starker Esser sein",
      "word": "play a good knife and fork"
    },
    {
      "note": "ehe man sichs versieht",
      "word": "before you can say knife"
    },
    {
      "note": "es auf jemanden abgesehen haben, jemanden gefressen haben",
      "word": "have one's knife into somebody"
    },
    {
      "note": "Krieg bis aufs Messer",
      "word": "war to the knife"
    },
    {
      "note": "unterm Messer (des Chirurgen) sein, unters Meser kommen",
      "word": "be under the knife"
    },
    {
      "note": "Salz in die Wunde streuen",
      "word": "turn the knife in the wound"
    },
    {
      "note": "jemanden scharf beobachten",
      "word": "watch someone like a knife"
    },
    {
      "word": "like a knife through butter"
    },
    {
      "word": "the knives are out (for somebody)"
    }
  ],
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      "form": "the knife",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "the knives",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "knife",
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    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "machete"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Hilfsmittel zum Schneiden; Messer"
      ],
      "id": "de-knife-en-noun-u3~8djMG",
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    },
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    },
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      "rhymes": "aɪf"
    }
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "blade"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "jackknife"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "lance"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "lang": "Bulgarisch",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "nož",
      "sense": "Werkzeug",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "нож"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Werkzeug",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Messer"
    }
  ],
  "word": "knife"
}

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      "form": "simple present I, you, they"
    },
    {
      "form": "simple present knife"
    },
    {
      "form": "he knifes"
    },
    {
      "form": "she knifes"
    },
    {
      "form": "it knifes"
    },
    {
      "form": "simple past knifed"
    },
    {
      "form": "present participle knifing"
    },
    {
      "form": "past participle knifed"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
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      ],
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    },
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      ],
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      "sense_index": "2"
    },
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        "jemanden in den Rücken fallen, abschießen"
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    },
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "cut"
    },
    {
      "word": "slash"
    },
    {
      "word": "stab"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "mit einem Messer bearbeiten",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "einstechen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "mit einem Messer bearbeiten",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "erstechen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "mit einem Messer bearbeiten",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "erdolchen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "einstechen auf, erstechen, erdolchen, mit einem Messer stechen",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "messern"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "jemandem in den Rücken fallen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "abschießen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "knife"
}

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    },
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      "form": "the knifes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "knife",
  "lang": "Scots",
  "lang_code": "sco",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Schneidewerkzeug mit Griff und Klinge; Messer"
      ],
      "id": "de-knife-sco-noun-xvaaKnd3",
      "sense_index": "1"
    }
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "knəif"
    }
  ],
  "word": "knife"
}
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    "Englisch",
    "Roter Audiolink",
    "Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch)",
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  "derived": [
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      "word": "knife-edge"
    },
    {
      "word": "knife edge"
    },
    {
      "word": "knife-edged"
    },
    {
      "word": "knife grinder"
    },
    {
      "word": "knife rest"
    },
    {
      "word": "putty knife"
    }
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  "expressions": [
    {
      "note": "ein starker Esser sein",
      "word": "play a good knife and fork"
    },
    {
      "note": "ehe man sichs versieht",
      "word": "before you can say knife"
    },
    {
      "note": "es auf jemanden abgesehen haben, jemanden gefressen haben",
      "word": "have one's knife into somebody"
    },
    {
      "note": "Krieg bis aufs Messer",
      "word": "war to the knife"
    },
    {
      "note": "unterm Messer (des Chirurgen) sein, unters Meser kommen",
      "word": "be under the knife"
    },
    {
      "note": "Salz in die Wunde streuen",
      "word": "turn the knife in the wound"
    },
    {
      "note": "jemanden scharf beobachten",
      "word": "watch someone like a knife"
    },
    {
      "word": "like a knife through butter"
    },
    {
      "word": "the knives are out (for somebody)"
    }
  ],
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      "form": "the knife",
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        "singular"
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "knife",
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    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "machete"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        "Hilfsmittel zum Schneiden; Messer"
      ],
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        "tools"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "naɪf"
    },
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    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "blade"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "jackknife"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "lance"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "lang": "Bulgarisch",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "nož",
      "sense": "Werkzeug",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "нож"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Werkzeug",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Messer"
    }
  ],
  "word": "knife"
}

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    "Verb (Englisch)",
    "Wiktionary:Audio-Datei",
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  "etymology_text": "vom Substantiv knife, seit etwa 1865",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "simple present I, you, they"
    },
    {
      "form": "simple present knife"
    },
    {
      "form": "he knifes"
    },
    {
      "form": "she knifes"
    },
    {
      "form": "it knifes"
    },
    {
      "form": "simple past knifed"
    },
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      "form": "present participle knifing"
    },
    {
      "form": "past participle knifed"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        "mit einem Messer bearbeiten"
      ],
      "sense_index": "1"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "einstechen auf, erstechen, erdolchen, mit einem Messer stechen"
      ],
      "sense_index": "2"
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "jemanden in den Rücken fallen, abschießen"
      ],
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        "US-amerikanisch"
      ],
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    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "naɪf"
    },
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      "rhymes": "aɪf"
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "cut"
    },
    {
      "word": "slash"
    },
    {
      "word": "stab"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "mit einem Messer bearbeiten",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "einstechen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "mit einem Messer bearbeiten",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "erstechen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "mit einem Messer bearbeiten",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "erdolchen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "einstechen auf, erstechen, erdolchen, mit einem Messer stechen",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "messern"
    },
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      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
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      "word": "jemandem in den Rücken fallen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "abschießen"
    }
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}

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    "Substantiv (Scots)",
    "siehe auch"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "the knife",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
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    },
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "knife",
  "lang": "Scots",
  "lang_code": "sco",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Schneidewerkzeug mit Griff und Klinge; Messer"
      ],
      "sense_index": "1"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "knəif"
    }
  ],
  "word": "knife"
}

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