knapp

Meaning

Frequency

B1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

knapp

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

satt

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

spitzig

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

gschmooga

Zürich

Zürich

knapp

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/knap/
Etymology

From Middle Low German knap, probably related to Old Norse hneppr (“button”) and hneppa (“pinch”), all from Proto-Germanic *knappô, *knappa-, which is perhaps related to *knappō (“knob, boy”). Cognate with Dutch knap, but of uncertain ultimate origin. Also compare Danish næppe (“hardly at all”).

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