knække

Danish

Etymology

Cognate with Norwegian knekke, Swedish knäcka. Probably of onomatopoeic origin. Compare also German knacken (“to crack”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkʰn̥ɛɡ̊ə]

Verb

knække (imperative knæk, infinitive at knække, present tense knækker, past tense knækkede, perfect tense or (unofficial) knak)

  1. (transitive) to break (make a thing fall apart)
  2. (transitive) to break (break down a person mentally or economically)
  3. (transitive) to suffer a fracture in
  4. (transitive) to solve (a problem, a code)
  5. (intransitive) to crack, break (fall apart)
  6. (intransitive) to crack, break (shift suddenly)
  7. (intransitive) to give up

Conjugation
Inflection of knække
present past
simple knækker knækkede or (unofficial) knak
perfect har or er knækket havde or var knækket
passive knækkes knækkedes
participle knækkende knækket
imperative knæk —
infinitive knække —
auxiliary verb have or være —
gerund knækken —

References
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