knopp

See also: Knopp and knòpp

Middle English

Noun

knopp

1. alternative form of knop

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German knoppe, knuppe or Low German knoppe, knuppe.

Noun

knopp m (definite singular knoppen, indefinite plural knopper, definite plural knoppene)

1. (botany) a bud (of a flower, leaf or shoot)

References

• “knopp” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• knupp

Etymology

From Middle Low German knoppe, knuppe or Low German knoppe, knuppe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /knʊpː/, /knɔpː/

Noun

knopp m (definite singular knoppen, indefinite plural knoppar, definite plural knoppane)

1. a bud (of a flower, leaf or shoot)

References

• “knopp” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch knoppe; probably via Old Saxon from a variant of Proto-Germanic *knappô (“knob, lump”), perhaps related to *knappō (“knob, boy”).

Noun

knopp c

1. (botany) a bud (of a flower)
2. a knob, a bulb, a ball, a stud, a rounded tip or top; compare knapp, ratt, handtag
3. (colloquial) head, noggin (used in many expressions)

   Synonym: huvudknopp

   klar i knoppen

   clear thinking, fully awake, etc.

Declension

Declension of knopp

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	knopp	knopps
	definite	knoppen	knoppens
plural	indefinite	knoppar	knoppars
	definite	knopparna	knopparnas

Descendants

• → Finnish: nuppi

Further reading

• “knopp”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• knopp in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)