knacken

  1. (intransitive, weak) to make a cracking sound
  2. (transitive, weak) to crack (open)
  3. (figuratively, transitive, weak) to crack (a mystery, secret, etc.); to persuade (to reveal something)
  4. (transitive, weak) to pick (a lock)
  5. (Germany, informal, intransitive, regional, weak) to sleep

Frequency

B2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

groose

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German knacken, probably ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *knokōn (“to knock”). Related to Middle Low German knaken, knakken, knacken, German Low German knacken. Compare also Middle Low German knicken (“to bend, snap”).

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