Knacks
German, noun/knaks/
Knacks is spelled K-N-A-C-K-S (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 71,199th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Knacks is a German masculine noun meaning “click, crack (brief cracking sound)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Geräusch, das sich wie ein Knacken anhört”.
What does Knacks mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineclick, crack (brief cracking sound)
- 2
colloquialmasculinecrack, cleft
- 3
masculineminor (mental) flaw; quirk
einen Knacks haben
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. bezeichnet das kurze Geräusch, wenn etwas ab- oder zerbricht
noun: 1. Geräusch, das sich wie ein Knacken anhört 2. brüchige Stelle 3. physische oder psychische Störung
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Knacks
- Knackses genitive
- Knackse plural uncommon
- Knacksen dative definite plural
- Knack variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Knacks?
- /knaks/
- [knaks]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Knacks in German?
Knacks appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).