Kneifer
German, noun[ˈknaɪ̯fɐ]
Kneifer is spelled K-N-E-I-F-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 200,239th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kneifer is a German masculine noun meaning “pince-nez” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Brille, die keine Bügel hat und nur auf die Nase geklemmt wird”.
What does Kneifer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepince-nez
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Brille, die keine Bügel hat und nur auf die Nase geklemmt wird
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 Kneifer
- Kneifers genitive
- Kneifern dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kneifer?
- [ˈknaɪ̯fɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Kneifer in German?
Kneifer appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).