knagen

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Danish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From knage (“to creak”).

Noun[edit]

knagen c

  1. creak (sound produced by anything that creaks)
Synonyms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

See knag and knage

Noun[edit]

knagen c

  1. definite singular of knage
  2. definite singular of knag

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch cnagen, from Old Dutch *gnagan, *knagan, from Proto-West Germanic *gnagan, from Proto-Germanic *gnaganą.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈknaː.ɣə(n)/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -aːɣən

Verb[edit]

knagen

  1. to gnaw

Inflection[edit]

Conjugation of knagen (weak)
infinitive knagen
past singular knaagde
past participle geknaagd
infinitive knagen
gerund knagen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular knaag knaagde
2nd person sing. (jij) knaagt knaagde
2nd person sing. (u) knaagt knaagde
2nd person sing. (gij) knaagt knaagde
3rd person singular knaagt knaagde
plural knagen knaagden
subjunctive sing.1 knage knaagde
subjunctive plur.1 knagen knaagden
imperative sing. knaag
imperative plur.1 knaagt
participles knagend geknaagd
1) Archaic.

Norwegian[edit]

Adjective[edit]

knagen

  1. troublesome, irksome or wearisome
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