kneifen
Meaning
- (class-1, intransitive, strong, transitive) to pinch, to squeeze
- (class-1, intransitive, strong) to chicken out; to back out; to shirk
Concepts
Synonyms
um etwas herumdrücken
einen Eiertanz aufführen
herumdrücken
sich drücken
nicht stellen
Schleiertanz tanzen
bedeckt halten
zu vermeiden versuchen
zu vermeiden suchen
nicht dem Risiko einer Sache aussetzen
aus dem Wege gehen
Schiss kriegen
Translations
pellizcar
pincer
pizzicare
knijpen
beliscar
çimdiklemek
pessigarFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈknaɪ̯fən/
Etymology
In summary
Derived from earlier kneipen, from Middle Low German knīpen, from Old Saxon *knīpan, from Proto-West Germanic *knīpan. Cognate with Dutch knijpen. Doublet of kniepen (“to blink”), a more recent borrowing from modern Low German. The form with -f- is an adaptation to the High German consonantism, for which there may have been rare antetypes in northern dialects of Central German, but which was chiefly artificial. Kneipen remained predominant until the earlier 19th century, but was somewhat informal. The more standard-looking kneifen then fully established itself in written German and displaced kneipen by the mid-20th century.
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