knor

See also: knoer and Knör

English

Noun

knor (plural knors)

  1. Obsolete form of knur.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for knor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Danish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Danish knar, from Old Norse knǫrr.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkʰnoːˀɐ̯]

Noun

knor c (singular definite knoren or knorren, plural indefinite knorer or knorrer)

  1. (dated) Alternative form of knarr

Inflection
Declension of knor
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative knor knoren
knorren		 knorer
knorrer		 knorerne
knorrerne
genitive knors knorens
knorrens		 knorers
knorrers		 knorernes
knorrernes

References

Dutch

Etymology

From knorren (“to grunt like a pig, to grumble like a hungry stomach”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /knɔr/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: knor
  • Rhymes: -ɔr

Noun

knor m (plural knorren, diminutive knorretje n)

  1. A grunt by a pig.
  2. A grumble by a stomach.
  3. (derogatory, college slang) A university student who doesn't belong to a student society (rarely used except by members of student societies).
    Synonyms: nihilist, varken

Westrobothnian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /knuːr/
    Rhymes: -úːr
    (ð-r merger) Rhymes: -úːð, -úːr

Adjective

knor

  1. Plucky, alert.
See also
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