knattern

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Since the end of the 17th century, of imitative origin, probably from Central German. See also knittern.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈknatɐn]
  • Hyphenation: knat‧tern
  • (file)

Verb[edit]

knattern (weak, third-person singular present knattert, past tense knatterte, past participle geknattert, auxiliary haben)

  1. to rattle

Conjugation[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “knattern”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

Further reading[edit]

  • knattern” in Duden online
  • knattern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache