knie

See also: Knie

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

• (regional) knieg

Etymology

From Dutch knie.

Pronunciation

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Noun

knie (plural knieë)

1. knee

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch cnie, from Old Dutch *cnio, from Proto-West Germanic *kneu, from Proto-Germanic *knewą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kni/

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• Hyphenation: knie
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

knie f (plural knieën, diminutive knietje n)

1. a knee
2. (chiefly diminutive) a kneeing, a prod or blow with the knee

Derived terms

• evenknie
• kniebeschermer
• kniebroek
• kniediep
• kniebuiging
• kniegebed
• knieholte
• kniehoogte
• kniekous
• knielaarzen
• knieoperatie
• knieschijf
• knieval
• kunstknie
• voetbalknie

Related terms

• knielen

Descendants

• Afrikaans: knie
• Berbice Creole Dutch: kini
• Jersey Dutch: k'nî
• Negerhollands: kni, kini, knie
• → Papiamentu: kinichi (from the diminutive)
• → Sranan Tongo: kindi, kni, kini
  • → Aukan: kini
  • → Kari'na: kini
  • → Saramaccan: kiní

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kniː], [ˈkniːə]

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Verb

knie

1. inflection of knien:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative
   3. first/third-person singular subjunctive I

Middle High German

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German kneo, from Proto-Germanic *knewą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈkniə̯/

Noun

knie n

1. knee

Declension

Declension of knie (feminine, class 1 strong)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	daȥ	knie	diu	knie
genitive	eines	dës	kniewes	dër	kniewe
dative	eime	dëm	kniewe	dën	kniewen
accusative	ein	daȥ	knie	diu	knie

Derived terms

• kniewen

 

Descendants

• Alemannic German: Chnüüw
• Cimbrian: khnia
• German: Knie
• Luxembourgish: Knéi
• Vilamovian: kni
• Yiddish: קני (kni)

References

• Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “knie”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel