Knaken

German Low German

Alternative forms

• (in some other dialects, including eastern Low Prussian) Knake
• (in some other dialects) Knoken

Etymology

From Middle Low German knōke, with a final -n added to mimic German Knochen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /knɔːkn̩/, /knɒːkn̩/ (more on the merger of monophthongal A and O)

Noun

Knaken m (plural Knaken or Knakens)

1. (in many dialects, including western Low Prussian) an individual bone; a bone as an object rather than as a material

See also

• Been, Bein
• Plautdietsch: Knoake

References

• Der neue SASS: Plattdeutsches Wörterbuch, Plattdeutsch - Hochdeutsch, Hochdeutsch - Plattdeutsch. Plattdeutsche Rechtschreibung, sixth revised edition (2011, →ISBN, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster)