knitz
German, adjective/knɪt͡s/
knitz is spelled K-N-I-T-Z (5 letters) and appears about once in every 79 million words in written German, the 557,474th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Knitz is a German adjective meaning “useless, rotten, corrupt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zu nichts zu gebrauchen, schlecht”.
What does knitz mean in English?
adjective
- 1
useless, rotten, corrupt
- 2
clever, savvy
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. zu nichts zu gebrauchen, schlecht 2. wertlos oder gefälscht 3. verdorben, moralisch schlecht 4. hintertrieben, verschlagen, neckisch, frech
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 knitz
- knitzer masculine nominative singular
- am knitzesten superlative
- knitze feminine nominative singular
- knitzes neuter nominative singular
- knitzen genitive masculine singular
- knitzem dative masculine singular
- der knitze definite includes-article masculine
- die knitze definite feminine includes-article
- das knitze definite includes-article neuter
- die knitzen definite includes-article nominative
- des knitzen definite genitive includes-article
- der knitzen definite feminine genitive
- dem knitzen dative definite includes-article
- knütz alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce knitz?
- /knɪt͡s/
- [knɪt͡s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is knitz in German?
knitz appears about once in every 79 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).