knicken
German, verb
knicken is spelled K-N-I-C-K-E-N (7 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 36,861st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Knicken is a German verb meaning “to crease; to fold; to bend (something that is stable, but not hard, e.g. paper)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Knicken is a different word: “dative plural of Knick”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas scharf biegen”.
What does knicken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to crease; to fold; to bend (something that is stable, but not hard, e.g. paper)
- 2
to be creased; to be folded; to be bent
- 3
informalto (deliberately) forget, put out of one's mind
Morgen Abend? Das kannst du knicken! Ich habe Dienst.
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Knick
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas scharf biegen 2. etwas vergessen, nicht mehr bei weiteren Überlegungen berücksichtigen
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 knicken
- knickt present singular third-person
- knickte past
- geknickt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- haben or sein auxiliary
- knickend participle present
- knicke first-person indicative present
- knickst indicative present second-person
- knickest second-person singular subjunctive
- knicket plural second-person subjunctive
- knickten first-person indicative plural
- knicktest indicative preterite second-person
- knicktet indicative plural preterite
- knick imperative second-person singular
- knick! imperative singular
- knicke! imperative singular
- knickt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to knicken
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is knicken in German?
knicken appears 1.1 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).