knacken.
to make a cracking sound
Meaning & usage
to make a cracking sound
Die Wurst knackte beim Reinbeissen.
to crack (open)
Er knackte die Nuss.
to crack (a mystery, secret, etc.); to persuade (to reveal something)
Sie knackte den Code.
Ich kann ihn knacken.
to pick (a lock)
to sleep
Mach' nicht solchen Lärm, er knackt gerade.
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German knacken, probably ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *knokōn (“to knock”). Related to Middle Low German knaken, knakken, knacken, German Low German knacken. Compare also Middle Low German knicken (“to bend, snap”).
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