kneten
German, verb/ˈkneːtn̩/
kneten is spelled K-N-E-T-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 40,460th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kneten is a German verb meaning “to knead” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine halbfeste Masse / einen Teig mit den Händen oder mit einer Maschine vermischen und verformen; durch…”.
What does kneten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to knead
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine halbfeste Masse / einen Teig mit den Händen oder mit einer Maschine vermischen und verformen; durch Rühren, Pressen und Ziehen die Eigenschaft einer halbfesten Masse / eines Teigs ändern; mit den Händen drückend bearbeiten
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 kneten
- knetet present singular third-person
- knetete past
- geknetet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- knetend participle present
- knete first-person indicative present
- knetest indicative present second-person
- kneteten first-person indicative plural
- knetetest indicative preterite second-person
- knetetet indicative plural preterite
- knet imperative second-person singular
- habe geknetet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geknetet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- knete! imperative singular
- knetet! imperative plural
- geknetet haben active infinitive perfect
- geknetet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- geknetet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kneten?
- /ˈkneːtn̩/
- /ˈkneːtən/
- [ˈkneːtn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kneten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kneten in German?
kneten appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).