Masculine
Knochen
Sentences
Die dazugehörigen Knochen 🦴 wiesen keine krankhaften Veränderungen auf .
🦴
The associated bones showed no pathological changes.
Meaning
- (masculine, strong) bone
- (colloquial, masculine, strong) backbreaking, demanding
Concepts
Synonyms
Gebeine
Webschwert
Frequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
bai
Basel-Landschaft
gnoche
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈknɔχn/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German knoche, from Old High German knohha, from Proto-West Germanic *knokō (“bone, joint”). Compare Dutch knook (“bone”), knokkel (“knuckle”), knekel (“bone (of a dead person)”), English knuckle, Danish kno and Swedish knoge (both “knuckle”).
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