Kniff in German

IPA: /knɪf/ Audio: De-Kniff.ogg

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Rhymes: -ɪf Etymology: 18th century, from the verb kneifen, after Low German Kneep, from Middle Low German knēp (“trick”). Compare Dutch kneep. Etymology templates: {{der|de|nds|Kneep}} Low German Kneep, {{der|de|gml|knēp|t=trick}} Middle Low German knēp (“trick”), {{cog|nl|kneep}} Dutch kneep Head templates: {{de-noun|m,(e)s}} Kniff m (strong, genitive Kniffes or Kniffs, plural Kniffe) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,(e)s}} Forms: Kniffes [genitive], Kniffs [genitive], Kniffe [plural], strong [table-tags], Kniff [nominative, singular], Kniffe [definite, nominative, plural], Kniffes [genitive, singular], Kniffs [genitive, singular], Kniffe [definite, genitive, plural], Kniff [dative, singular], Kniffe [dative, singular], Kniffen [dative, definite, plural], Kniff [accusative, singular], Kniffe [accusative, definite, plural]

Inflected forms

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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
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        "1": "de",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "knēp",
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      },
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    },
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    }
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪf"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Kniff"
}

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      },
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    },
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    },
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      "tags": [
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    {
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      "form": "Kniffe",
      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "Kniff",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
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        "strong"
      ]
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          "trick"
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"Kniff" meaning in German

Noun

Inflected forms