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knittern

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German

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Etymology

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Originally of imitative origin (lautmalend), similar to German knattern (rattling), with which it shares an ablaut relationship.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈknɪtɐn]
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Verb

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knittern (weak, third-person singular present knittert, past tense knitterte, past participle geknittert, auxiliary haben)

  1. to crease
  2. to crumple
  3. to crinkle

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “knittern”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

Further reading

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  • knittern” in Duden online
  • knittern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache