knöpfen
German, verb
knöpfen is spelled K-N-Ö-P-F-E-N (7 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written German, the 34,584th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Knöpfen is a German verb meaning “to button” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Knöpfen is a different word: “gerund of knöpfen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit Knöpfen (auch Druckknöpfen) verschließen/öffnen oder befestigen”.
What does knöpfen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to button
noun
- 1
neutergerund of knöpfen
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Knopf
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit Knöpfen (auch Druckknöpfen) verschließen/öffnen oder befestigen
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 knöpfen
- knöpft present singular third-person
- knöpfte past
- geknöpft participle past
- haben auxiliary
- knöpfend participle present
- knöpfe first-person indicative present
- knöpfst indicative present second-person
- knöpfest second-person singular subjunctive
- knöpfet plural second-person subjunctive
- knöpften first-person indicative plural
- knöpftest indicative preterite second-person
- knöpftet indicative plural preterite
- knöpf imperative second-person singular
- habe geknöpft first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geknöpft first-person indicative multiword-construction
- knöpf! imperative singular
- knöpfe! imperative singular
- knöpft! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is knöpfen in German?
knöpfen appears 1.2 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).