knabbern
German
editEtymology
editBorrowed from German Low German knabbeln, knabbern, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gnet- (“to press”).[1] Compare Dutch knabbelen.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editknabbern (weak, third-person singular present knabbert, past tense knabberte, past participle geknabbert, auxiliary haben)
- to nibble
Conjugation
editinfinitive | knabbern | ||||
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present participle | knabbernd | ||||
past participle | geknabbert | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich knabbre ich knabbere ich knabber |
wir knabbern | i | ich knabbere ich knabbre |
wir knabbern |
du knabberst | ihr knabbert | du knabberest du knabbrest |
ihr knabberet ihr knabbret | ||
er knabbert | sie knabbern | er knabbere er knabbre |
sie knabbern | ||
preterite | ich knabberte | wir knabberten | ii | ich knabberte1 | wir knabberten1 |
du knabbertest | ihr knabbertet | du knabbertest1 | ihr knabbertet1 | ||
er knabberte | sie knabberten | er knabberte1 | sie knabberten1 | ||
imperative | knabbre (du) knabber (du) knabbere (du) |
knabbert (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
References
edit- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1022”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1022
Further reading
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