Knoken

Low German

Alternative forms

  • (in some other dialects, including eastern Low Prussian) Knake
  • (in some other dialects) Knaken

Etymology

From Middle Low German knōke, with a final -n added to mimic German Knochen.

Noun

Knoken m (plural Knoken)

  1. an individual bone; a bone as an object rather than as a material

See also

  • Low German Been, Bein
  • Plautdietsch: Knoake

References

  • Der neue SASS: Plattdeutsches Wörterbuch, Plattdeutsch - Hochdeutsch, Hochdeutsch - Plattdeutsch. Plattdeutsche Rechtschreibung, sixth revised edition (2011, →ISBN, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster)
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