knacken
- (intransitive, weak) to make a cracking sound
- (transitive, weak) to crack (open)
- (figuratively, transitive, weak) to crack (a mystery, secret, etc.); to persuade (to reveal something)
- (transitive, weak) to pick (a lock)
- (Germany, informal, intransitive, regional, weak) to sleep
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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”).
in Stücke schlagen
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aufhebeln
bullern
aufbeißen
größer sein
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