Knete
German, noun
Knete is spelled K-N-E-T-E (5 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written German, the 32,479th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Knete is a German feminine noun meaning “plasticine, modeling clay” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, knete is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “formbares, weiches Material zum Basteln und Modellieren; Spielzeug”.
What does Knete mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineplasticine, modeling clay
- 2
feminineslangmoney
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
singular imperative
- 3
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. formbares, weiches Material zum Basteln und Modellieren; Spielzeug 2. Geld
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 Knete
- Kneten nominative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Knete
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Knete in German?
Knete appears 1.3 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).