zusammenkneifen
German, verb/t͡suˈzamənˌknaɪ̯fn̩/
zusammenkneifen is spelled Z-U-S-A-M-M-E-N-K-N-E-I-F-E-N (15 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written German, the 208,435th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zusammenkneifen is a German verb meaning “to pinch together, squeeze together” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “fest etwas an/gegen etwas anderes drücken, pressen; etwas durch festes Drücken, Pressen (von etwas an/gegen…”.
What does zusammenkneifen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pinch together, squeeze together
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. fest etwas an/gegen etwas anderes drücken, pressen; etwas durch festes Drücken, Pressen (von etwas an/gegen etwas anderes) schließen
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 zusammenkneifen
- kneift zusammen present singular third-person
- kniff zusammen past
- zusammengekniffen participle past
- haben auxiliary
- 1 strong
- zusammenkneifend participle present
- zusammenzukneifen infinitive infinitive-zu
- kneife zusammen first-person indicative present
- kneifen zusammen first-person indicative plural
- kneifst zusammen indicative present second-person
- kneifest zusammen second-person singular subjunctive
- kneifet zusammen plural second-person subjunctive
- kniffen zusammen first-person indicative plural
- kniffe zusammen first-person formal rare
- kniffst zusammen indicative preterite second-person
- knifft zusammen indicative plural preterite
- kniffest zusammen formal rare second-person
- kniffet zusammen formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zusammenkneifen?
- /t͡suˈzamənˌknaɪ̯fn̩/
- [t͡suˈzamənˌknaɪ̯fn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is zusammenkneifen in German?
zusammenkneifen appears about once in every 14 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).