knorre

Middle High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old High German *knorro.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈknorːə/

Noun

knorre m

  1. a knot in a tree
  2. a vertebra, a spondyle
  3. a mass of cartilage
  4. a horn (as of livestock)

Declension

Declension of knorre (weak masculine)
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein dër knorre die knorren
genitive eines dës knorren dër knorren
dative eime dëm knorren dën knorren
accusative einen dën knorren die knorren

Descendants

  • German: Knorren

References

  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “knorre”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
  • "antreche" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)
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