knippen

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) to cut with scissors
2. (transitive) to cut (remove an item and place it in memory for later use)
3. (archaic, transitive) to make a pinching movement, especially with one's eyelids; thus, to blink
4. (intransitive, transitive) to snap one's fingers

Noun

plural of knip

knip

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular) inflection of knippen:
2. (form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular) inflection of knippen:
3. (form-of, imperative) inflection of knippen:

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Concepts

cut

shear

clip

punch

👊

snick

snip

pierce

drill

polish

🇵🇱

puncture

bore

trim

carve

cookie

🍪

fillip

flip

neuter

pare

scissor

sculpt

biscuit

Synonyms

snoeien

scheren

doorzeven

ponsen

boren

knipperen

doorboren

afsnijden

uitsnijden

castreren

fatsoeneren

slijpen

snijden

steriliseren

stoppen

🛑

Translations

cortar

schneiden

tondre

découper

lochen

👊

cortar

couper

scheren

zuschneiden

abschneiden

abscheren

tailler

percer

tagliare

tosquiar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈknɪpə(n)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: knippen

Cognate with Middle Low German: knippen

Cognate with Low German: knippen

Cognate with German: kniepen

Cognate with Dutch: knipperen

In summary

From Middle Dutch knippen, further etymology unknown. Directly related only with Middle Low German knippen. Probably onomatopoeic.
The sense “to blink” may, at least in part, be due to conflation with knijpen (“to squeeze”). Compare de ogen toeknijpen (“to screw up one’s eyes”); also Low German knippen and kniepen both in the sense of “to blink”, German kniepen. See also Dutch knipperen.

Sentences

Ik ga de dorre bladeren van de boom knippen .

I'm going to cut the dry leaves off the tree.