knippen
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˈknɪpə(n)/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to cut with scissors
- (transitive) to cut (remove an item and place it in memory for later use)
- (transitive) to make a pinching movement, especially with one's eyelids; thus, to blink
- (intransitive) to snap one's fingers
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch knippen.
Origin
Middle Dutch
knippen
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- abknipsen German
- anknipsen German
- kniepen German
- knipsen German
- af Dutch, Flemish
- afknippen Dutch, Flemish
- bij Dutch, Flemish
- bijknippen Dutch, Flemish
- kabel Dutch, Flemish
- kabelknippen Dutch, Flemish
- knipogen Dutch, Flemish
- knipsel Dutch, Flemish
- krantenknipsel Dutch, Flemish
- nl Dutch, Flemish
- oog Dutch, Flemish
- knippen Middle Dutch
- kniepen German Low German