"knaak" meaning in Dutch

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Noun

IPA: /knaːk/ Audio: Nl-knaak.ogg Forms: knaken [plural], knaakje [diminutive, neuter]
Rhymes: -aːk Etymology: Thieves' slang, presumably related to Rotwelsch knök, kneks (“guilder”); in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries there was a small German coin called Knack(e), Knacker. Of uncertain origin: * The word seems to be related to the regular word for "bone" in Germanic dialects, e.g. Middle Dutch knook, Low German Knaak (“bone”), from Proto-West Germanic *knokō. * An alternative etymology was suggested A. Huizinga, deriving from Hebrew. He considered the word קַעֲקַע (“engraved stamp/mark”), in which case "knaak" could go back to kaʿaka via Yiddish or Bargoens, describing the stamped coin. Etymology templates: {{cog|dum|knook}} Middle Dutch knook, {{cog|nds|Knaak|t=bone}} Low German Knaak (“bone”), {{der|nl|gmw-pro|*knokō}} Proto-West Germanic *knokō, {{der|nl|he|-}} Hebrew, {{der|nl|yi|-}} Yiddish Head templates: {{nl-noun|m|-en|+}} knaak m (plural knaken, diminutive knaakje n)
  1. (informal, Netherlands) a 2½ guilders coin Tags: Netherlands, informal, masculine Synonyms: rijksdaalder
    Sense id: en-knaak-nl-noun-QJh-2gI2 Categories (other): Netherlands Dutch, Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5
  2. (archaic) a large, valuable coin Tags: archaic, masculine
    Sense id: en-knaak-nl-noun-uqbsvsLf

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
      "lang_code": "srn",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "knaka"
    },
    {
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "lang_code": "fy",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "knaak"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "knook"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch knook",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "Knaak",
        "t": "bone"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German Knaak (“bone”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*knokō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *knokō",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "yi",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Yiddish",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Thieves' slang, presumably related to Rotwelsch knök, kneks (“guilder”); in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries there was a small German coin called Knack(e), Knacker. Of uncertain origin:\n* The word seems to be related to the regular word for \"bone\" in Germanic dialects, e.g. Middle Dutch knook, Low German Knaak (“bone”), from Proto-West Germanic *knokō.\n* An alternative etymology was suggested A. Huizinga, deriving from Hebrew. He considered the word קַעֲקַע (“engraved stamp/mark”), in which case \"knaak\" could go back to kaʿaka via Yiddish or Bargoens, describing the stamped coin.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "knaken",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knaakje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "-en",
        "3": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "knaak m (plural knaken, diminutive knaakje n)",
      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "knaak"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Netherlands Dutch",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "name": "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "95 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a 2½ guilders coin"
      ],
      "id": "en-knaak-nl-noun-QJh-2gI2",
      "links": [
        [
          "guilders",
          "guilders"
        ],
        [
          "coin",
          "coin"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, Netherlands) a 2½ guilders coin"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "rijksdaalder"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Netherlands",
        "informal",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "a large, valuable coin"
      ],
      "id": "en-knaak-nl-noun-uqbsvsLf",
      "links": [
        [
          "valuable",
          "valuable"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) a large, valuable coin"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/knaːk/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-knaak.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/97/Nl-knaak.ogg/Nl-knaak.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Nl-knaak.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aːk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "knaak"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
    "Dutch lemmas",
    "Dutch masculine nouns",
    "Dutch nouns",
    "Dutch nouns with plural in -en",
    "Dutch nouns with red links in their headword lines",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Dutch/aːk"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
      "lang_code": "srn",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "knaka"
    },
    {
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "lang_code": "fy",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "knaak"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "knook"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch knook",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "Knaak",
        "t": "bone"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German Knaak (“bone”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*knokō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *knokō",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "yi",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Yiddish",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Thieves' slang, presumably related to Rotwelsch knök, kneks (“guilder”); in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries there was a small German coin called Knack(e), Knacker. Of uncertain origin:\n* The word seems to be related to the regular word for \"bone\" in Germanic dialects, e.g. Middle Dutch knook, Low German Knaak (“bone”), from Proto-West Germanic *knokō.\n* An alternative etymology was suggested A. Huizinga, deriving from Hebrew. He considered the word קַעֲקַע (“engraved stamp/mark”), in which case \"knaak\" could go back to kaʿaka via Yiddish or Bargoens, describing the stamped coin.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "knaken",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knaakje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "-en",
        "3": "+"
      },
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      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "knaak"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Dutch informal terms",
        "Netherlands Dutch"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a 2½ guilders coin"
      ],
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        [
          "guilders",
          "guilders"
        ],
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          "coin",
          "coin"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, Netherlands) a 2½ guilders coin"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "rijksdaalder"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Netherlands",
        "informal",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Dutch terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a large, valuable coin"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "valuable",
          "valuable"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) a large, valuable coin"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/knaːk/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-knaak.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/97/Nl-knaak.ogg/Nl-knaak.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Nl-knaak.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aːk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "knaak"
}

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