knar

• knaur

From Middle English knarre (“a crag; twisted rock; knot in wood”), probably from Old English *cnearra, which could be related to cnotta.^[1]

Cognate with Dutch knar, knor (“gnarl, knot”), German Low German Knurre, Knur (“knot in wood”), German Knorren (“knot in wood”). Related also to English knurl and gnarl.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /nɑː(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /nɑɹ/, [nɑɹ], [nɑ˞]
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

knar (plural knars)

1. A knot or burl in a tree; a knurl, a gnarl.

• burl, gnarl, knot, knur, knurl

• knarry

• gnarl, knur, knurl

• ARNK, Karn, Kanr, kran, nark, Rank, karn, rank

• knor (dated), knarr

From Old Danish knar, from Old Norse knǫrr.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʰnɑːˀ]

knar c (singular definite knaren or knarren, plural indefinite knarer or knarrer)

1. (dated) alternative form of knarr

• “knar” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Variant of knor.

• IPA^(key): /knɑr/

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• Hyphenation: knar
• Rhymes: -ɑr

knar m (plural knarren, diminutive knarretje n)

1. (informal, often with pleonastic attribute "oude") old geezer, oldtimer

   krasse knar ― vivacious oldtimer

2. (informal) bonce, head

knar

1. present of kna