knautschen

German

Etymology

Originally the same word as knutschen (“to kiss passionately”). Both forms are variants of East Central German and eastern German Low German of a more widespread verb Middle High German knutzen.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈknaʊ̯tʃən/
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Verb

knautschen (weak, third-person singular present knautscht, past tense knautschte, past participle geknautscht, auxiliary haben)

  1. to squeeze; to crumple

Conjugation

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