knattern

== German == === Etymology === Since the late 17th century, probably from Central German dialects. Ultimately of imitative origin. Perhaps comparable to knittern (“to crease, crumple”), with which it shares an ablaut relationship. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈknatərn/, [ˈkna.tɐn] Hyphenation: knat‧tern === Verb === knattern (weak, third-person singular present knattert, past tense knatterte, past participle geknattert, auxiliary haben) (intransitive) to rattle, chatter, clatter (make a quick series of banging noises, e.g. like the engine of a motorcycle) (slang) to shag, fuck (have sex) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== Knattern knatternd losknattern === References === === Further reading === “knattern” in Duden online “knattern”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)