knoop
See also: Knoop
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /knoːp/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: knoop
- Rhymes: -oːp
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch cnôop, from Old Dutch *knōp, from Proto-Germanic *knaupaz, one of several kn- words related to *knuttô (“knot”). Cognate with German Knauf.
Noun
knoop m (plural knopen, diminutive knoopje n)
- button (knob or small disc serving as a fastener)
- knot (i.e. a loop of string or any other long flexible material which cannot be untied without pulling part of the string through the loops)
- Ik zit in de knoop.
- I'm in a hard spot. / I'm all tied up.
- (mathematics) knot
- (nautical) knot (i.e. a unit of velocity, corresponding to traveling a distance of 1 nautical mile per hour)
- (botany) node, joint
Derived terms
- achtknoop
- blauwe knoop
- knoopcel
- knooppunt
- knoopsgat
- oudewijvenknoop
- schuifknoop
- verkeersknoop
- vissersknoop
- zijn knopen tellen
Descendants
- Afrikaans: knoop
- → Kalanga: kunupo
- → Swazi: inkinobho
- Berbice Creole Dutch: kunopu
- Negerhollands: knop, knoop
- → Munsee: kunóop
- → Papiamentu: kònòpi
- → Sranan Tongo: knopo
- → Lokono: konopo
- → Kari'na: konopu
- → Saramaccan: konopu
- → Unami: kënup
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
knoop
- inflection of knopen:
- first-person singular present indicative
- (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
- imperative