knapp

From Old Norse knappr, from Proto-Germanic *knappô, *knappa-, which is perhaps related to *knappō (“knob, boy”).

knapp m

1. button
2. knob

From Middle Low German knap. Cognate with Dutch knap, whose sense "pretty" also occurs in old German attestations and is thought to be derived from "tight" via "tightly fitting" (of a piece of clothing). Further origin unsettled. Also compare Danish næppe (“hardly at all”).

• IPA^(key): /knap/, [knap]

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knapp (strong nominative masculine singular knapper, comparative knapper, superlative am knappsten)

1. scarce
2. lean (having little extra)
3. somewhat less (than)

   ein knappes Jahr

   a little less than a year

4. (clothes) short or tight
5. a close call, a narrow escape

   Das war knapp. Wir wären fast abgestürzt!

   That was close. We nearly crashed!

• Knappheit

knapp

1. narrowly, just, barely

   Wir sind knapp pünktlich.

   We’re just in time.

2. somewhat less than, almost

   Sein Sohn ist knapp acht Jahre alt.

   His son is just under eight years old/is almost eight years old.

   Es ist knapp sieben Uhr.

   It's just before seven o'clock/almost seven o'clock.

   Antonym: gut

• kurz vor knapp

• “knapp” in Duden online
• “knapp” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Friedrich Kluge (1883), “knapp”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

From Middle Low German knap. Cognate with Dutch knap, but of uncertain ultimate origin. Also compare Danish næppe (“hardly at all”).

• IPA^(key): /knap/

knapp (comparative knapper, superlative knappest)

1. scarce

• Knappheet, Knappheit

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

From Old Norse knappr.

knapp m (definite singular knappen, indefinite plural knapper, definite plural knappene)

1. button

• knapphull
• mansjettknapp

• “knapp” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse knappr.

knapp m (definite singular knappen, indefinite plural knappar, definite plural knappane)

1. button

• mansjettknapp

• “knapp” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /ˈknap/

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From Middle Low German knap, whence also German knapp, Danish knap. Further cognate with Dutch knap. Compare also Danish næppe (“hardly at all”).

knapp (comparative knappare, superlative knappast)

1. scarce, not much of something

   tiden är knapp

   there's not much time

   växa upp under knappa omständigheter

   to grow up under conditions where nothing is abundant

2. somewhat less than

   en knapp kilometer

   somewhat less than one kilometre

• knapphet
• knapphändig

From Old Norse knappr, from Proto-Germanic *knappô, *knappa-, which is perhaps related to *knappō (“knob, boy”).

knapp c

1. button
2. knob, lever, switch (e.g. the button for an electrical on/off switch)

   Coordinate term: ratt

3. (botany) anther

• → Finnish: nappi

From Old Norse knappr, from Proto-Germanic *knappô, *knappa-, which is perhaps related to *knappō (“knob, boy”).

knapp m

1. A stick, stick used to close tub lid.

• knagg
• knaapp

From Middle English knobbe.

knapp (plural knappas)

1. a button stuffed with cloth

• Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 50