# Knien vs known

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Knien
*noun · IPA [ˈkniːən] · frequency rank #13,640*
Dativ Plural des Substantivs Knie

### known
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #40,645*
Partizip Perfekt (past participle) des Verbs know

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/knien-vs-known