Kniebank
German, noun[ˈkniːˌbaŋk]
Kniebank is spelled K-N-I-E-B-A-N-K (8 letters) and appears about once in every 68 million words in written German, the 508,518th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kniebank is a German feminine noun meaning “kneeler (small, low bench to kneel on, especially in a church, often protruding from the back of a pew)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Möbel mit einer schmalen, länglichen Platte, auf der man knien kann, und einer Möglichkeit zum Aufstützen und…”.
What does Kniebank mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininekneeler (small, low bench to kneel on, especially in a church, often protruding from the back of a pew)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Möbel mit einer schmalen, länglichen Platte, auf der man knien kann, und einer Möglichkeit zum Aufstützen und als Ablage für ein Gebetbuch
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 Kniebank
- Kniebänke plural
- Kniebänken dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kniebank?
- [ˈkniːˌbaŋk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kniebank
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kniebank in German?
Kniebank appears about once in every 68 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).