"knellen" meaning in Dutch

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Verb

Audio: Nl-knellen.ogg
Etymology: Uncertain. Perhaps borrowed from Middle High German *knellen (as in Middle High German zerknellen (“to crumple, crush, shatter, squash”)), perhaps from Middle High German knellen (“to bang, burst”), whence archaic German knellen (“to bang, slam, pop”). Etymology templates: {{unc|nl}} Uncertain, {{bor|nl|gmh|*knellen}} Middle High German *knellen, {{cog|gmh|zerknellen|t=to crumple, crush, shatter, squash}} Middle High German zerknellen (“to crumple, crush, shatter, squash”), {{der|nl|gmh|knellen|t=to bang, burst}} Middle High German knellen (“to bang, burst”), {{cog|de|knellen|t=to bang, slam, pop}} German knellen (“to bang, slam, pop”) Head templates: {{nl-verb}} knellen Inflection templates: {{nl-conj-wk|knel|knelle}} Forms: weak [table-tags], knellen [infinitive], knellen [gerund, neuter], knel [first-person, present, singular], knelde [first-person, past, singular], knelt [present, second-person, singular], knel [present, second-person, singular], knelde [past, second-person, singular], knelt [formal, present, second-person, singular], knelde [formal, past, second-person, singular], knelt [Flanders, colloquial, present, second-person, singular], knelt [archaic, formal, majestic, present, second-person, singular], knelde [Flanders, colloquial, past, second-person, singular], knelde [archaic, formal, majestic, past, second-person, singular], knelt [present, singular, third-person], knelde [past, singular, third-person], knellen [plural, present], knelden [past, plural], knelle [archaic, present, singular, subjunctive], knelde [archaic, past, singular, subjunctive], knellen [archaic, plural, present, subjunctive], knelden [archaic, past, plural, subjunctive], knel [imperative, present, singular], knelt [archaic, imperative, plural, present], knellend [participle, present], gekneld [participle, past]
  1. to pinch, squeeze
    Sense id: en-knellen-nl-verb-c0GEHc5C
  2. (figuratively) to oppress, to stifle Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-knellen-nl-verb-tr2RFJYn Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: knelpunt

Inflected forms

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