knüpfen
German, verb
knüpfen is spelled K-N-Ü-P-F-E-N (7 letters) and appears 4.2 times per million words in written German, the 14,041st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Knüpfen is a German verb meaning “to tie” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Knüpfen is a different word: “gerund of knüpfen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “kleine Fäden kunstvoll verschlingen”.
What does knüpfen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to tie
- 2
to knot
Er knüpfte eine Schnur an den Drachen.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of knüpfen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. kleine Fäden kunstvoll verschlingen 2. verbinden
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 knüpfen
- knüpft present singular third-person
- knüpfte past
- geknüpft participle past
- haben auxiliary
- knüpfend participle present
- knüpfe first-person indicative present
- knüpfst indicative present second-person
- knüpfest second-person singular subjunctive
- knüpfet plural second-person subjunctive
- knüpften first-person indicative plural
- knüpftest indicative preterite second-person
- knüpftet indicative plural preterite
- knüpf imperative second-person singular
- habe geknüpft first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geknüpft first-person indicative multiword-construction
- knüpfe! imperative singular
- knüpft! imperative plural
- geknüpft haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is knüpfen in German?
knüpfen appears 4.2 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).