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Knust

German, noun/knuːst/

Knust is spelled K-N-U-S-T (5 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 107,140th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Knust is a German masculine noun meaning “heel of bread” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Endstück eines Brotes”.

What does Knust mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineheel of bread

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Endstück eines Brotes

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 Knust

  • Knustes genitive
  • Knuste plural
  • Knüstchen diminutive neuter
  • Knusten dative definite plural
  • Knüste nominative plural
  • Knusts genitive singular
  • Knüsten dative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Knust?

  • /knuːst/
  • [knuːst]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is Knust in German?

Knust appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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