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Knoop

Knoop

See also: knoop

Plautdietsch

Noun

Knoop m (plural Kjneep)

  1. button

Derived terms

  • Knoophoake m
  • Knooploch n

knoop

knoop

See also: Knoop

Dutch

Noun

knoop m (plural knopen, diminutive knoopje n)

  1. button (knob or small disc serving as a fastener)
  2. knot (i.e. a loop of string or any other long flexible material which cannot be untied without pulling part of the string through the loops)
    Ik zit in de knoop.
    I'm in a hard spot. / I'm all tied up.
  3. (mathematics) knot
  4. (nautical) knot (i.e. a unit of velocity, corresponding to traveling a distance of 1 nautical mile per hour)

Derived terms

Verb

knoop

  1. first-person singular present indicative of knopen
  2. imperative of knopen