"Kniff" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /knɪf/ Audio: De-Kniff.ogg
Rhymes: -ɪf Etymology: 18th century, from the verb kneifen, after Low German Kneep, from Middle Low German knēp (“trick”). Compare Dutch kneep. Etymology templates: {{m|de|kneifen}} kneifen, {{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]
  1. crease Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Kniff-de-noun-u63rQX7E Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 93 7
  2. trick Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Kniff-de-noun-851RSaRu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: knifflig

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for Kniff meaning in German (2.7kB)

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