knausern
German, verb/ˈknaʊ̯zɐn/
knausern is spelled K-N-A-U-S-E-R-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 156,943rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Knausern is a German verb meaning “to skimp” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit etwas übertrieben sparsam sein”.
What does knausern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to skimp
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit etwas übertrieben sparsam sein
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 knausern
- knausert present singular third-person
- knauserte past
- geknausert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- knausernd participle present
- knausre first-person indicative present
- knausere first-person indicative present
- knauser first-person indicative present
- knauserst indicative present second-person
- knauserest second-person singular subjunctive
- knausrest second-person singular subjunctive
- knauseret plural second-person subjunctive
- knausret plural second-person subjunctive
- knauserten first-person indicative plural
- knausertest indicative preterite second-person
- knausertet indicative plural preterite
- knausere! imperative singular
- knausert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce knausern?
- /ˈknaʊ̯zɐn/
- [ˈknaʊ̯zɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to knausern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is knausern in German?
knausern appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).