"knakken" meaning in Dutch

See knakken in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈknɑ.kə(n)/ Audio: Nl-knakken.ogg
Rhymes: -ɑkən Etymology: From Middle Dutch knaken, probably ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *knokōn (“to knock, beat on”). Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|knaken}} Middle Dutch knaken, {{der|nl|gmw-pro|*knokōn|t=to knock, beat on}} Proto-West Germanic *knokōn (“to knock, beat on”) Head templates: {{nl-verb}} knakken Inflection templates: {{nl-conj-wk|knak|knakke}} Forms: weak [table-tags], knakken [infinitive], knakken [gerund, neuter], knak [first-person, present, singular], knakte [first-person, past, singular], knakt [present, second-person, singular], knak [present, second-person, singular], knakte [past, second-person, singular], knakt [formal, present, second-person, singular], knakte [formal, past, second-person, singular], knakt [Flanders, colloquial, present, second-person, singular], knakt [archaic, formal, majestic, present, second-person, singular], knakte [Flanders, colloquial, past, second-person, singular], knakte [archaic, formal, majestic, past, second-person, singular], knakt [present, singular, third-person], knakte [past, singular, third-person], knakken [plural, present], knakten [past, plural], knakke [archaic, present, singular, subjunctive], knakte [archaic, past, singular, subjunctive], knakken [archaic, plural, present, subjunctive], knakten [archaic, past, plural, subjunctive], knak [imperative, present, singular], knakt [archaic, imperative, plural, present], knakkend [participle, present], geknakt [participle, past]
  1. (ergative) to break Tags: ergative
    Sense id: en-knakken-nl-verb-uvkE5ojw
  2. (ergative) to partially break without fully breaking Tags: ergative Synonyms: kreuken, kroken
    Sense id: en-knakken-nl-verb-KYC-Uqet Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: afknakken, knakker, knakworst, omknakken, verknakken 
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        "(ergative) to break"
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