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verknoten

German, verb/fɛɐ̯ˈknoːtn̩/

verknoten is spelled V-E-R-K-N-O-T-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 154,802nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verknoten is a German verb meaning “to tie up, to tie in a knot” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch einen Knoten verbinden, anbinden”.

What does verknoten mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to tie up, to tie in a knot

  2. 2

    to become knotted

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

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. durch einen Knoten verbinden, anbinden 2. sich (zumeist ungewollt) verwirren, verwickeln

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 verknoten

  • verknotet present singular third-person
  • verknotete past
  • haben auxiliary
  • verknotend participle present
  • verknote first-person indicative present
  • verknotest indicative present second-person
  • verknoteten first-person indicative plural
  • verknotetest indicative preterite second-person
  • verknotetet indicative plural preterite
  • verknot imperative second-person singular
  • habe verknotet first-person indicative multiword-construction
  • haben verknotet first-person indicative multiword-construction
  • verknote! imperative singular
  • verknotet! imperative plural
  • verknotet haben active infinitive perfect
  • verknotet werden processual-passive infinitive present
  • verknotet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
  • verknotet sein statal-passive infinitive present

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

How do you pronounce verknoten?

  • /fɛɐ̯ˈknoːtn̩/
  • [fɛɐ̯ˈknoːtn̩]

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

How common is verknoten in German?

verknoten appears about once in every 9 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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