knorke
German, adjective[ˈknɔʁkə]
knorke is spelled K-N-O-R-K-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 75,468th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Knorke is a German adjective meaning “great, very good” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sehr gut, ganz vortrefflich, nicht zu übertreffen”.
What does knorke mean in English?
adjective
- 1
informalgreat, very good
Knorke ist dreimal so schnafte wie dufte.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. sehr gut, ganz vortrefflich, nicht zu übertreffen
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 knorke
- knorker masculine nominative singular
- am knorksten superlative
- am knorkesten superlative
- knorkes neuter nominative singular
- knorken genitive masculine singular
- knorkem dative masculine singular
- der knorke definite includes-article masculine
- die knorke definite feminine includes-article
- das knorke definite includes-article neuter
- die knorken definite includes-article nominative
- des knorken definite genitive includes-article
- der knorken definite feminine genitive
- dem knorken dative definite includes-article
- den knorken dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce knorke?
- [ˈknɔʁkə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is knorke in German?
knorke appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).