knicksen
German, verb/ˈknɪksn̩/
knicksen is spelled K-N-I-C-K-S-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written German, the 386,396th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Knicksen is a German verb meaning “to curtsey” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “aus Respekt (kurz) das Knie beugen, wodurch man sich als Person kleiner macht”.
What does knicksen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to curtsey
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. aus Respekt (kurz) das Knie beugen, wodurch man sich als Person kleiner macht
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 knicksen
- knickst present singular third-person
- knickste past
- geknickst participle past
- haben auxiliary
- knicksend participle present
- knickse first-person indicative present
- knicksest second-person singular subjunctive
- knickset plural second-person subjunctive
- knicksten first-person indicative plural
- knickstest indicative preterite second-person
- knickstet indicative plural preterite
- knicks imperative second-person singular
- habe geknickst first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geknickst first-person indicative multiword-construction
- knicks! imperative singular
- knickse! imperative singular
- knickst! imperative plural
- geknickst haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce knicksen?
- /ˈknɪksn̩/
- [ˈknɪksn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to knicksen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is knicksen in German?
knicksen appears about once in every 42 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).