Knopf
German, noun
Knopf is spelled K-N-O-P-F (5 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written German, the 7,028th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Knopf is a German masculine noun meaning “button (fastener)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, knöpf is a different word: “singular imperative of knöpfen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gegenstand, der durch das Stecken durch ein Knopfloch ein Kleidungsstück verschließt”.
What does Knopf mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebutton (fastener)
- 2
masculinebutton (mechanical device)
- 3
masculinestud, knob, e.g. a doorknob
- 4
Austriamasculinea simple knot
verb
- 1
singular imperative of knöpfen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gegenstand, der durch das Stecken durch ein Knopfloch ein Kleidungsstück verschließt 2. Bedienelement von Geräten, das durch Druck oder durch Drehen ein Ereignis auslöst 3. Bedienelement einer grafischen Benutzeroberfläche 4. kugelartiger Griff
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 Knopf
- Knopfes genitive
- Knopfs genitive
- Knöpfe plural
- Knöpfchen diminutive neuter
- Knöpflein diminutive neuter
- Knopferl diminutive neuter
- Knopfe dative singular
- Knöpfen dative definite plural
- Knopp alternative colloquial
- Knöpfli diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Knopf
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Knopf in German?
Knopf appears 10 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).