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Knopp

German, noun/knɔp/

Knopp is spelled K-N-O-P-P (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 60,441st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Knopp is a German masculine noun meaning “alternative form of Knopf (“button”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Mensch”.

What does Knopp mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    colloquialmasculinealternative form of Knopf (“button”)

    An meiner Jacke fallen jetz’ alle Knöppe ab.

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Mensch

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 Knopp

  • Knopps genitive
  • Knöppe plural
  • Knöppen dative definite plural
  • Knoppes genitive singular
  • Knoppe dative singular

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Knopp?

  • /knɔp/
  • [knɔp]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is Knopp in German?

Knopp appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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