knoten
German, verb
knoten is spelled K-N-O-T-E-N (6 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written German, the 6,647th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Knoten is a German verb meaning “to tie into a knot” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Knoten is a different word: “knot (looping)”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “zu einem Knoten schlingen”.
What does knoten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to tie into a knot
noun
- 1
masculineknot (looping)
- 2
masculineknot (swelling)
- 3
Austriamasculineinterchange (motorway junction)
- 4
masculineknot (unit of speed)
- 5
masculinevertex, node
- 6
derogatorymasculineobsoletecraftsman; journeyman; farmhand
- 7
masculinea person of some specified quality or practice; chiefly in Furzknoten, but sometimes other colloquial formations
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. fest verschlungener Teil eines Fadens oder Seils 2. Geschwindigkeitsangabe bei Luft- und Wasserfahrzeugen 3. Ansatzstelle der Blätter an der Sprossachse, meist verdickt 4. die Schnittpunkte der Bahnen von Himmelskörpern mit einer Bezugsebene
verb: 1. zu einem Knoten schlingen
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 knoten
- Knotens genitive
- Knötchen diminutive neuter
- knotet present singular third-person
- knotete past
- geknotet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- knotend participle present
- knote first-person indicative present
- knotest indicative present second-person
- knoteten first-person indicative plural
- knotetest indicative preterite second-person
- knotetet indicative plural preterite
- knot imperative second-person singular
- knote! imperative singular
- knotet! imperative plural
- geknotet haben active infinitive perfect
- geknotet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- geknotet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to knoten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is knoten in German?
knoten appears 11 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).