knoop
Meaning
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- (masculine) button (knob or small disc serving as a fastener)
- (masculine) knot (i.e. a loop of string or any other long flexible material which cannot be untied without pulling part of the string through the loops)
- (masculine) knot
- (masculine) knot (i.e. a unit of velocity, corresponding to traveling a distance of 1 nautical mile per hour)
- (masculine) node, joint
Concepts
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/knoːp/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch cnôop, from Old Dutch *knōp, from Proto-Germanic *knaupaz, one of several kn- words related to *knuttô (“knot”). Cognate with German Knauf.
New
knopen
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to tie with a knot
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