knuffen
German, verb/ˈknʊfən/
knuffen is spelled K-N-U-F-F-E-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 50 million words in written German, the 428,887th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Knuffen is a German verb meaning “to nudge; to jab; to pinch (usually playfully or even tenderly)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “freundschaftlich anstoßen; sanft boxen; ganz fest drücken”.
What does knuffen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to nudge; to jab; to pinch (usually playfully or even tenderly)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. freundschaftlich anstoßen; sanft boxen; ganz fest drücken
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 knuffen
- knufft present singular third-person
- knuffte past
- geknufft participle past
- haben auxiliary
- knuffend participle present
- knuffe first-person indicative present
- knuffst indicative present second-person
- knuffest second-person singular subjunctive
- knuffet plural second-person subjunctive
- knufften first-person indicative plural
- knufftest indicative preterite second-person
- knufftet indicative plural preterite
- knuff imperative second-person singular
- habe geknufft first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geknufft first-person indicative multiword-construction
- knuff! imperative singular
- knuffe! imperative singular
- knufft! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce knuffen?
- /ˈknʊfən/
- [ˈknʊfn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is knuffen in German?
knuffen appears about once in every 50 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).