Knirps
German, noun/knɪʁps/
Knirps is spelled K-N-I-R-P-S (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 48,028th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Knirps is a German masculine noun meaning “little chap” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “kleiner Junge”.
What does Knirps mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinelittle chap
- 2
masculinefolding umbrella
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kleiner Junge 2. ein unbedeutender und oder kleinwüchsiger Mann 3. zusammenschiebbarer Regenschirm der Marke Knirps^®
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 Knirps
- Knirpses genitive
- Knirpse plural
- Knirpschen diminutive neuter
- Knirpsen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Knirps?
- /knɪʁps/
- [knɪʁps]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Knirps
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Knirps in German?
Knirps 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).