Knirps

German

Etymology

Cognate with Low German knirfix, Middle English närvel, maybe also with Swabian knorp, Dutch knorf.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /knɪʁps/
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Noun

Knirps m (strong, genitive Knirpses, plural Knirpse, diminutive Knirpschen n)

  1. little chap
  2. folding umbrella

Declension

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References
  1. Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Knirps”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading
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