knellen
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain. Perhaps borrowed from Middle High German *knellen (as in Middle High German zerknellen (“to crumple, crush, shatter, squash”)), perhaps from Middle High German knellen (“to bang, burst”), whence archaic German knellen (“to bang, slam, pop”).
Pronunciation
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Verb
[edit]knellen
- to pinch, squeeze
- (figuratively) to oppress, to stifle
Conjugation
[edit]| Conjugation of knellen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | knellen | |||
| past singular | knelde | |||
| past participle | gekneld | |||
| infinitive | knellen | |||
| gerund | knellen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | knel | knelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | knelt, knel2 | knelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | knelt | knelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | knelt | knelde | ||
| 3rd person singular | knelt | knelde | ||
| plural | knellen | knelden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | knelle | knelde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | knellen | knelden | ||
| imperative sing. | knel | |||
| imperative plur.1 | knelt | |||
| participles | knellend | gekneld | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||