"Knall" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /knal/ Audio: De-Knall.ogg
Rhymes: -al Etymology: Derived from the verb in Middle High German knellen (“to crash, crack, creak”), probably of onomatopoeic origin (lautmalend). Etymology templates: {{der|de|gmh|knellen||to crash, crack, creak}} Middle High German knellen (“to crash, crack, creak”), {{onomatopoeic|de|nocap=1}} onomatopoeic Head templates: {{de-noun|m,(e)s}} Knall m (strong, genitive Knalles or Knalls, plural Knalle) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,(e)s}} Forms: Knalles [genitive], Knalls [genitive], Knalle [plural], strong [table-tags], Knall [nominative, singular], Knalle [definite, nominative, plural], Knalles [genitive, singular], Knalls [genitive, singular], Knalle [definite, genitive, plural], Knall [dative, singular], Knalle [dative, singular], Knallen [dative, definite, plural], Knall [accusative, singular], Knalle [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. crack Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Knall-de-noun-lPlMnJe~
  2. bang Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Knall-de-noun-GuPTVFS2
  3. (physics) snap, jounce Tags: masculine, strong Categories (topical): Physics, Sounds Synonyms: Ruckänderung
    Sense id: en-Knall-de-noun-mdQhbNRt Disambiguation of Sounds: 15 15 70 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German onomatopoeias, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 4 4 92 Disambiguation of German onomatopoeias: 12 12 76 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 9 9 83 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 7 87 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Abknall, Auspuffknall, Knall auf Fall, knallen, knallig, Peitschenknall, Überschallknall, Urknall

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Abknall"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Auspuffknall"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Knall auf Fall"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "knallen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "knallig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Peitschenknall"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Überschallknall"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Urknall"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "knellen",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to crash, crack, creak"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German knellen (“to crash, crack, creak”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "onomatopoeic",
      "name": "onomatopoeic"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Derived from the verb in Middle High German knellen (“to crash, crack, creak”), probably of onomatopoeic origin (lautmalend).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Knalles",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Knalls",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Knalle",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Knall",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Knalle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Knalles",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Knalls",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Knalle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Knall",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Knalle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Knallen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Knall",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Knalle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,(e)s"
      },
      "expansion": "Knall m (strong, genitive Knalles or Knalls, plural Knalle)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,(e)s"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "crack"
      ],
      "id": "en-Knall-de-noun-lPlMnJe~",
      "links": [
        [
          "crack",
          "crack"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bang"
      ],
      "id": "en-Knall-de-noun-GuPTVFS2",
      "links": [
        [
          "bang",
          "bang"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Physics",
          "orig": "de:Physics",
          "parents": [
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 4 92",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 12 76",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German onomatopoeias",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 9 83",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 7 87",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 15 70",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Sounds",
          "orig": "de:Sounds",
          "parents": [
            "Sound",
            "Energy",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "snap, jounce"
      ],
      "id": "en-Knall-de-noun-mdQhbNRt",
      "links": [
        [
          "physics",
          "physics"
        ],
        [
          "snap",
          "snap"
        ],
        [
          "jounce",
          "jounce"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(physics) snap, jounce"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Ruckänderung"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/knal/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-al"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Knall.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/49/De-Knall.ogg/De-Knall.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/De-Knall.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Akademie-Verlag",
    "Berlin",
    "Wolfgang Pfeifer (etymologist)"
  ],
  "word": "Knall"
}
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    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German lemmas",
    "German masculine nouns",
    "German nouns",
    "German onomatopoeias",
    "German terms derived from Middle High German",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:German/al",
    "Rhymes:German/al/1 syllable",
    "de:Sounds"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Abknall"
    },
    {
      "word": "Auspuffknall"
    },
    {
      "word": "Knall auf Fall"
    },
    {
      "word": "knallen"
    },
    {
      "word": "knallig"
    },
    {
      "word": "Peitschenknall"
    },
    {
      "word": "Überschallknall"
    },
    {
      "word": "Urknall"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "knellen",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to crash, crack, creak"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "onomatopoeic",
      "name": "onomatopoeic"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Derived from the verb in Middle High German knellen (“to crash, crack, creak”), probably of onomatopoeic origin (lautmalend).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Knalles",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Knalls",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Knalle",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Knall",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Knalle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Knalles",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Knalls",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Knalle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Knall",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Knalle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Knallen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Knall",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Knalle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "m,(e)s"
      },
      "expansion": "Knall m (strong, genitive Knalles or Knalls, plural Knalle)",
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,(e)s"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "crack"
      ],
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        [
          "crack",
          "crack"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bang"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bang",
          "bang"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "de:Physics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "snap, jounce"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "physics",
          "physics"
        ],
        [
          "snap",
          "snap"
        ],
        [
          "jounce",
          "jounce"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(physics) snap, jounce"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Ruckänderung"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/knal/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-al"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Knall.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/49/De-Knall.ogg/De-Knall.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/De-Knall.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Akademie-Verlag",
    "Berlin",
    "Wolfgang Pfeifer (etymologist)"
  ],
  "word": "Knall"
}

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