Knopp

Borrowed from German Knopp.

Knopp (plural Knopps)

1. A surname from German.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Knopp is the 8080^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4103 individuals. Knopp is most common among White (96.73%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Knopp”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 325.

From a German Low German and Central German form of standard Upper German Knopf (compare Middle Low German knoppe). Adopted from the dialects into colloquial standard German.

• IPA^(key): /knɔp/

Knopp m (strong, genitive Knopps, plural Knöppe)

1. (colloquial, regional, northern and central Germany) Alternative form of Knopf (“button”)

   An meiner Jacke fallen jetz’ alle Knöppe ab.

   All the buttons on my jacket are falling off now.

• “Knopp” in Duden online

From Middle High German, from Old High German knopf, from Proto-Germanic *knuppô (“lump, clod”), related to *knappô (“knob”), *knappa-, which is perhaps related to *knappō (“knob, boy”). Cognate with Luxembourgish Knapp.

• IPA^(key): /knop/

Knopp m (plural Knepp, diminutive Kneppche)

1. button (fastener)

   En Knopp fun meiner Jacke is abgefall.

   A button on my coat has fallen off.

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary