knicken
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From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Borrowed from Middle Low German knicken, from Proto-Germanic *knikkoną (“to fold, snap”), which is imitative. Cognate with Dutch knikken.
knicken (weak, third-person singular present knickt, past tense knickte, past participle geknickt, auxiliary haben or sein)
infinitive | knicken | ||||
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present participle | knickend | ||||
past participle | geknickt | ||||
auxiliary | haben or sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich knicke | wir knicken | i | ich knicke | wir knicken |
du knickst | ihr knickt | du knickest | ihr knicket | ||
er knickt | sie knicken | er knicke | sie knicken | ||
preterite | ich knickte | wir knickten | ii | ich knickte1 | wir knickten1 |
du knicktest | ihr knicktet | du knicktest1 | ihr knicktet1 | ||
er knickte | sie knickten | er knickte1 | sie knickten1 | ||
imperative | knick (du) knicke (du) |
knickt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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