Knoten

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Meaning

(masculine,strong) knot (looping)
(masculine,strong) knot (swelling)
(Austria,masculine,strong) interchange (motorway junction)
(masculine,strong) knot (unit of speed)
(masculine,strong) vertex, node
(derogatory,masculine,obsolete,strong) craftsman; journeyman; farmhand
(in-compounds,masculine,strong) a person of some specified quality or practice; chiefly in Furzknoten, but sometimes other colloquial formations

knot

node

knob

lump

gnarl

bump

protuberance

tuber

bun

joint

vertex

knop

bow

bulge

hump

kink

knurl

hitch

pom-pom

swelling

burl

kinks

knurls

nodes

nodal

not

conclusion

ending

union

nodule

tubercule

notable characteristic

part

bad aftertaste

lingering discomfort

uneasiness

unpleasant feeling

quipu

hill

mound

point

promontory

rise

button

nub

bend

tie

thickening

leaf node

brötchen

croissant

tuft

knots

Frequency

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈknoːtən/

From Middle High German knote, knode, from Old High German knoto, knodo. The two forms are probably variants based on Grammatischer Wechsel. The form with -t- (from Proto-Germanic *-d-) was predominant in East Central German, that with -d- (from Proto-Germanic *-þ-) in Upper German. Incidentally, this situation explains the lengthened vowel in the standardized form (lengthening being blocked before -t- in Upper German, but not in Central German). Neither German form can be derived directly from Proto-Germanic *knuttô, whence Middle High German knotze and English knot, though a relation is very likely. The senses “journeyman”, “person (of some quality)” are probably due, at least in part, to conflation with Middle Low German genôte (“mate, companion”), cognate of German Genosse. Alongside, there is a common tendency of referring to people, especially children, with words for thick, plump, or inflated objects (compare e.g. Balg).