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knap.

scant, scarce

4 characters1 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

adj/knap/[kʰnɑb̥]

  1. scant, scarce

  2. brief, concise

Where this word comes from

Probably from Middle Low German knap, otherwise related to it. Further cognate with German knapp, Swedish knapp, Dutch knap.

noun

  1. button (in clothes etc.)

    common-gender

  2. button (in machines)

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse knappr, from Proto-Germanic *knappô.

adv/knap/[kʰnɑb̥]

  1. hardly, scarcely

  2. just under

  3. barely

Where this word comes from

Probably from Middle Low German knap, otherwise related to it. Further cognate with German knapp, Swedish knapp, Dutch knap.

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