Icelandic

Noun

kné n ‎(genitive singular knés, nominative plural kné)

1. (archaic or poetic) a knee ^syn.

Declension

Synonyms

• (knee): ^def. hné

Derived terms

• falla á kné (to genuflect)
• ganga fyrir kné (to genuflect)
• gera knéfall (to genuflect)
• knéfall
• knéfiðla
• knékrjúpa (to genuflect)
• knékrjúpa fyrir (to go down on one's knees for somebody)
• koma á kné (to defeat somebody)
• koma fyrir kné (to genuflect)
• láta kné fylgja kviði (to let the knee follow the belly, to plant the knee on the belly; to ride roughshod over, to show no mercy, to give no quarter)

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *knewą, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu. Compare Old Saxon knio, Old English cnēo, Old Frisian knī, Old High German kneo, Gothic 𐌺𐌽𐌹𐌿 ‎(kniu).

Noun

kné n (genitive knés, plural kné or knjó)

1. knee

Declension

Descendants

• Danish: knæ
• Faroese: knæ
• Icelandic: kné, hné
• Norwegian: kne
• Swedish: knä

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse kné, from Proto-Germanic *knewą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɲ̊ɲéː], [ŋ̊ŋéː], [kníː] (example of pronunciation)

Noun

kné n ‎(dative singular kné, nominative plural kné)

1. knee

Declension