knabbern

== German == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Low German knabbeln, knabbern, which appears to be an iterative verbal formation related to knapp (“scarce, barely”), with onomatopoeic reinforcement. Compare Dutch knabbelen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈknabɐn/ === Verb === knabbern (weak, third-person singular present knabbert, past tense knabberte, past participle geknabbert, auxiliary haben) to nibble ==== Conjugation ==== === References === === Further reading === “knabbern” in Duden online “knabbern”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)