Knappe

See also: knappe and knäppe

German

Etymology

From Middle High German knappe, from Old High German knappo, from Proto-Germanic *knappô (“boy, youth”), from Proto-Indo-European *gnebʰ- (“to press, tighten”). Compare Dutch knaap, English knave, English obsolete knape, Danish knabe, Icelandic knapi. See also the related Knabe.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈknapə/
Rhymes: -apə

Noun

Knappe m (genitive Knappen, plural Knappen)

squire

Declension

Declension of Knappe

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Knappe	die	Knappen
genitive	eines	des	Knappen	der	Knappen
dative	einem	dem	Knappen	den	Knappen
accusative	einen	den	Knappen	die	Knappen

Related terms

Further reading

Knappe in Duden online

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