knuspern
German, verb/ˈknʊspɐn/
knuspern is spelled K-N-U-S-P-E-R-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written German, the 334,656th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Knuspern is a German verb meaning “to crackle; to crunch (make the sound of crisp food)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas Trockenes, Sprödes essen”.
What does knuspern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to crackle; to crunch (make the sound of crisp food)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas Trockenes, Sprödes essen 2. an etwas Trockenem, Sprödem nagen
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 knuspern
- knuspert present singular third-person
- knusperte past
- geknuspert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- knuspernd participle present
- knuspre first-person indicative present
- knuspere first-person indicative present
- knusper first-person indicative present
- knusperst indicative present second-person
- knusperest second-person singular subjunctive
- knusprest second-person singular subjunctive
- knusperet plural second-person subjunctive
- knuspret plural second-person subjunctive
- knusperten first-person indicative plural
- knuspertest indicative preterite second-person
- knuspertet indicative plural preterite
- knusper! imperative singular
- knuspre! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce knuspern?
- /ˈknʊspɐn/
- [ˈknʊspɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to knuspern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is knuspern in German?
knuspern appears about once in every 32 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).