knie

== Afrikaans == === Alternative forms === (regional) knieg === Etymology === From Dutch knie. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kni/, [kniː] === Noun === knie (plural knieë) knee == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch cnie, from Old Dutch *cnio, from Proto-West Germanic *kneu, from Proto-Germanic *knewą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kni/ Hyphenation: knie Rhymes: -i === Noun === knie f (plural knieën, diminutive knietje n) a knee (chiefly diminutive) a kneeing, a prod or blow with the knee ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== knielen ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: knie Berbice Creole Dutch: kini Jersey Dutch: k'nî Negerhollands: kni, kini, knie → Papiamentu: kinichi (from the diminutive) → Sranan Tongo: kindi, kni, kini → Aukan: kini → Kari'na: kini → Saramaccan: kiní Indonesian: keni == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [kniː], [ˈkniːə] === Verb === knie inflection of knien: first-person singular present singular imperative first/third-person singular subjunctive I == Middle High German == === Etymology === Inherited from Old High German kneo, from Proto-Germanic *knewą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈkniə̯/ === Noun === knie n knee ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Alemannic German: Chnüüw Cimbrian: khnia German: Knie Luxembourgish: Knéi Vilamovian: kni Yiddish: קני (kni) === References === Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “knie”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel