Knäckebrot

German

Alternative forms

  • Knäcke (informal clipping)
  • Knackbrot (full calque, rare)

Etymology

Partial calque of Swedish knäckebröd. The first component is unaltered from Swedish knäcka (“to crack, snap”). German-speakers commonly analyse it as knacken +‎ Brot, which is ultimately both semantically and etymologically correct.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈknɛkəˌbʁoːt/ (Germany)
    • Audio:(file)(Germany)
  • IPA(key): /ˈknɛkɛˌbʁoːt/, [-b̥ʁoːt] (Austria, Southern Germany, Switzerland)
  • Hyphenation: Knä‧cke‧brot; until 1996: Knäk‧ke‧brot

Noun

Knäckebrot n (strong, genitive Knäckebrots or Knäckebrotes, plural Knäckebrote)

  1. crispbread

Declension

Declension of Knäckebrot [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Knäckebrot die Knäckebrote
genitive eines des Knäckebrots, Knäckebrotes der Knäckebrote
dative einem dem Knäckebrot, Knäckebrote1 den Knäckebroten
accusative ein das Knäckebrot die Knäckebrote

1Now rare, see notes.

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