Knick

See also: knick

German

Etymology

Deverbal from knicken (“to bend, to fold”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /knɪk/
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Rhymes: -ɪk

Noun

Knick m (strong, genitive Knicks or Knickes, plural Knicke or (rare) Knicks)

crease
A wall of shrubberies, dividing a rural area.

Declension

Declension of Knick [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Knick	die	Knicke, Knicks²
genitive	eines	des	Knicks, Knickes	der	Knicke, Knicks²
dative	einem	dem	Knick, Knicke¹	den	Knicken, Knicks²
accusative	einen	den	Knick	die	Knicke, Knicks²

¹Now rare, see notes.
²Rare.

Synonyms

(shrubbery): Wallhecke

References

Wallhecke on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Further reading

“Knick” in Duden online

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