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knibbeln.

to scrape with one’s fingernails so as to remove something (e.g. a price tag)

8 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈknɪbəln/
  1. to scrape with one’s fingernails so as to remove something (e.g. a price tag)

    Germany · Western · regional · weak
Where this word comes from

Originally, and still chiefly, West Central German. Supposed to belong to knüpfen, regionally knüppen (“to knot”); but given the fact that the dialectal forms invariably have -bb- or -ww- a relation with knabbern (“to nibble”) seems much more likely.

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