knistern

== German == === Etymology === From Middle Low German knisteren, gnisteren. Also a Central German and Dutch word; compare Middle Dutch gnisteren (but modern Dutch knisteren probably from German). Eventually onomatopoeic. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈknɪstɐn/ === Verb === knistern (weak, third-person singular present knistert, past tense knisterte, past participle geknistert, auxiliary haben) to sizzle; to crackle; to creak; chiefly referring to the sound of fire, or of paper, aluminium, etc., being crumpled ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Knistern ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: knisteren === Further reading === “knistern” in Duden online “knistern”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)