Masculine
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Knochen

Meaning

  1. (masculine, strong) bone
  2. (colloquial, masculine, strong) backbreaking, demanding

Frequency

B1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

bai

Basel-Landschaft

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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