kné

See also: kne, KNe, -kne, and Kné

Icelandic

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse kné, from Proto-Germanic *knewą, originally from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰnjɛː/
• Rhymes: -ɛː

Noun

kné n (genitive singular knés, nominative plural kné)

1. (mainly used in set phrases) a knee

   Synonym: hné

Declension

Declension of kné (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kné	knéð	kné	knén
accusative	kné	knéð	kné	knén
dative	kné	knénu	knjám	knjánum
genitive	knés	knésins	knjáa	knjánna

Derived terms

• falla á kné (“to genuflect”)
• ganga fyrir kné (“to genuflect”)
• gera knéfall (“to genuflect”)
• knéfall
• knéfiðla
• knékrjúpa (“to genuflect”)
• knékrjúpa fyrir (“to go down on one's knees for somebody”)
• koma á kné (“to defeat somebody”)
• koma fyrir kné (“to genuflect”)
• láta kné fylgja kviði (“to let the knee follow the belly, to plant the knee on the belly; to ride roughshod over, to show no mercy, to give no quarter”)
• knésbót

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *knewą, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu. Compare Old Saxon knio, Old English cnēow, Old Frisian knī, Old High German kneo, Gothic 𐌺𐌽𐌹𐌿 (kniu).

Noun

kné n (genitive knés, plural kné)

1. knee

Declension

  Declension of kné (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kné	knéit	kné	knéin
accusative	kné	knéit	kné	knéin
dative	kné	knénu	knjám, knjóm	knjánum, knjónum
genitive	knés	knésins	knjá	knjánna

Descendants

• Icelandic: kné, hné
• Faroese: knæ
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kne; (dialectal) ne, (h)nje
• Old Swedish: knǣ
  • Swedish: knä
• Old Danish: knæ
  • Danish: knæ
    • Norwegian Bokmål: kne
• Gutnish: knei