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

Hyphenated as

knip‧pen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈknɪpə(n)/

Etymology

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.