knacken

German

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), probably ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *knokōn (“to knock”). Related to Middle Low German knaken, knakken, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Pronunciation
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Verb

knacken (weak, third-person singular present knackt, past tense knackte, past participle geknackt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive) to make a cracking sound
    Die Wurst knackte beim Reinbeissen. ― The sausage made a cracking sound when bitten.
  2. (transitive) to crack (open)
    Er knackte die Nuss.
    He cracked the nut.
  3. (transitive, figuratively) to crack (a mystery, secret, etc.); to persuade (to reveal something)
    Sie knackte den Code.
    She cracked the code.
    Ich kann ihn knacken.
    I can get him to open up.
  4. (transitive) to pick (a lock)
  5. (intransitive, informal) to sleep
    Mach' nicht solchen Lärm, er knackt gerade.
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Conjugation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Further reading
  • “knacken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “knacken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “knacken” in Duden online
  • “knacken” in OpenThesaurus.de
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