knage

Danish

Etymology

Formed from knag (“skilled person, dab hand”)

Noun

knage c (singular definite knagen, plural indefinite knager)

1. A peg
2. (nautical) The spoke of a ship's wheel

Inflection

Declension of knage

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	knage	knagen	knager	knagerne
genitive	knages	knagens	knagers	knagernes

Verb

knage (imperative knag, infinitive at knage, present tense knager, past tense knagede, perfect tense har knaget)

1. (intransitive) To creak, groan or crack

   Isen knager.

   The ice is creaking.

Conjugation

Conjugation of knage

active passive present knager knages past knagede knagedes infinitive knage knages imperative knag — participle present knagende past knaget (auxiliary verb have) gerund knagen

References

• “knage” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Verb

knage

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of knagen