knabbern
to nibble
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈknabɐn/
Etymology
In summary
Borrowed from German Low German knabbeln, knabbern, which appears to be an iterative verbal formation related to knapp (“scarce, barely”), with onomatopoeic reinforcement. Compare Dutch knabbelen.
grignoter
mordisquear
mordicchiare
kemirmek
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