Knappe
German, noun
Knappe is spelled K-N-A-P-P-E (6 letters) and appears 6.2 times per million words in written German, the 10,439th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Knappe is a German masculine noun meaning “squire” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, knappe is a different word: “strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gehilfe und Lehrling eines Ritters”.
What does Knappe mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesquire
adjective
- 1
femininestrong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- 2
strong nominative/accusative plural
- 3
weak nominative all-gender singular
- 4
feminineneuterweak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gehilfe und Lehrling eines Ritters 2. Geselle im Bergbau 3. Bodenwanze aus der Klasse der Insekten
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 Knappe
- Knappen genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Knappe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Knappe in German?
Knappe appears 6.2 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).