knapsen
German, verb/ˈknapsən/
knapsen is spelled K-N-A-P-S-E-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 46 million words in written German, the 406,877th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Knapsen is a German verb meaning “to nip, to pluck” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit eingeschränkten materiellen Mitteln leben”.
What does knapsen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to nip, to pluck
- 2
to chafe, to fret, to stinge out
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit eingeschränkten materiellen Mitteln leben 2. „an etwas (schwer) zu kauen haben“
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 knapsen
- knapst present singular third-person
- knapste past
- geknapst participle past
- haben auxiliary
- knapsend participle present
- knapse first-person indicative present
- knapsest second-person singular subjunctive
- knapset plural second-person subjunctive
- knapsten first-person indicative plural
- knapstest indicative preterite second-person
- knapstet indicative plural preterite
- knaps imperative second-person singular
- habe geknapst first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geknapst first-person indicative multiword-construction
- knaps! imperative singular
- knapse! imperative singular
- knapst! imperative plural
- geknapst haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce knapsen?
- /ˈknapsən/
- [ˈknapsn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is knapsen in German?
knapsen appears about once in every 46 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).