knippen
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈknɪpə(n)/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: knip‧pen
- Rhymes: -ɪpən
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch knippen, further etymology unknown. Directly related only with Middle Low German knippen. Probably onomatopoeic.
The sense “to blink” may, at least in part, be due to conflation with knijpen (“to squeeze”). Compare de ogen toeknijpen (“to screw up one’s eyes”); also Low German knippen and kniepen both in the sense of “to blink”, German kniepen.
Verb
knippen
- (transitive) to cut with scissors
- (transitive, computing) to cut (remove an item and place it in memory for later use)
- (transitive, archaic) to make a pinching movement, especially with one's eyelids; thus, to blink
- (intransitive, transitive) to snap one's fingers
Inflection
| Inflection of knippen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | knippen | |||
| past singular | knipte | |||
| past participle | geknipt | |||
| infinitive | knippen | |||
| gerund | knippen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | knip | knipte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | knipt | knipte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | knipt | knipte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | knipt | knipte | ||
| 3rd person singular | knipt | knipte | ||
| plural | knippen | knipten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | knippe | knipte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | knippen | knipten | ||
| imperative sing. | knip | |||
| imperative plur.1 | knipt | |||
| participles | knippend | geknipt | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
- afknippen
- bijknippen
- doorknippen
- inknippen
- knipoog
- knipperen
- verknippen
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun
knippen
- plural of knip