UrsprungBorrowed from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch knoppe; probably via Old Saxon from a variant of Proto-Germanic *knappô (“knob, lump”), perhaps related to *knappō (“knob, boy”).
- common-gendera bud (of a flower)
- common-gendera knob, a bulb, a ball, a stud, a rounded tip or top; compare knapp, ratt, handtag
- colloquial, common-genderhead, noggin (used in many expressions)
“klar i knoppen” — clear thinking, fully awake, etc.
Formerknopp(indefinite, nominative, singular) · knopps(genitive, indefinite, singular) · knoppen(definite, nominative, singular) · knoppens(definite, genitive, singular) · knoppar(indefinite, nominative, plural) · knoppars(genitive, indefinite, plural) · knopparna(definite, nominative, plural) · knopparnas(definite, genitive, plural)