# knapp
## Elfdalian
### Etymology

From Old Norse knappr, from Proto-Germanic *knappô, *knappa-, which is perhaps related to *knappō (“knob, boy”).

### Noun

knapp m
* button
* knob

#### Inflection
## German
### Etymology

From Middle Low German knap, probably related to Old Norse hneppr (“button”) and hneppa (“pinch”), all from Proto-Germanic *knappô, *knappa-, which is perhaps related to Proto-West Germanic *knappō (“knob, boy”) or Proto-Germanic *knuppaz (“lump, clod”), though the semantic gaps are non-trivial. Cognate with Dutch knap, but of uncertain ultimate origin. Also compare Danish næppe (“hardly at all”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /knap/, [knap]
* Audio:(file)
* Audio (Berlin, East Central German):(file)

### Adjective

knapp (strong nominative masculine singular knapper, comparative knapper, superlative am knappsten)
* scarce
* lean (having little extra)
* somewhat less (than)
    ein knappes Jahra little less than a year
* (clothes) short or tight
* a close call, a narrow escape
    Das war knapp. Wir wären fast abgestürzt!That was close. We nearly crashed!

#### Derived terms

* Knappheit

### Adverb

knapp
* narrowly, just, barely
    Wir sind knapp pünktlich.We’re just in time.
* somewhat less than, almost
    Antonym: gut
    Sein Sohn ist knapp acht Jahre alt.His son is just under eight years old/is almost eight years old.
    Es ist knapp sieben Uhr.It's just before seven o'clock/almost seven o'clock.

#### Derived terms

* kurz vor knapp

### References

* ↑ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “knapp”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
* ↑ “næppe” in Den Danske Ordbog

### Further reading

* “knapp” in Duden online
* “knapp” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* Friedrich Kluge (1883) “knapp”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

## Hunsrik
### Alternative forms

* knaps (Wiesemann spelling)

### Etymology

From Middle Low German knap, probably related to Old Norse hneppr (“button”) and hneppa (“pinch”), all from Proto-Germanic *knappô, *knappa-, which is perhaps related to *knappō (“knob, boy”). Cognate with Dutch knap, but of uncertain ultimate origin. Also compare Danish næppe (“hardly at all”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /knap/

### Adjective

knapp (comparative knapper, superlative knappest)
* scarce

#### Derived terms

* Knappheet
* Knappheit

### References

* ↑ “næppe” in Den Danske Ordbog

### Further reading

* Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “knapp”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 92, column 2

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse knappr.

### Noun

knapp m (definite singular knappen, indefinite plural knapper, definite plural knappene)
* button

#### Derived terms

* knapphull
* mansjettknapp

### References

* “knapp” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old Norse knappr.

### Noun

knapp m (definite singular knappen, indefinite plural knappar, definite plural knappane)
* button

#### Derived terms

* mansjettknapp

### References

* “knapp” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈknap/
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

From Middle Low German knap, whence also German knapp, Danish knap. Further cognate with Dutch knap. Compare also Danish næppe (“hardly at all”).

#### Adjective

knapp (comparative knappare, superlative knappast)
* scarce, not much of something
    tiden är knappthere's not much time
    växa upp under knappa omständigheterto grow up under conditions where nothing is abundant
* somewhat less than
    en knapp kilometersomewhat less than one kilometer

##### Declension

$^1$ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. $^2$ Dated or archaic. $^3$ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

##### Derived terms

* knappa in
* knapphet
* knapphändig

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse knappr, from Proto-Germanic *knappô, *knappa-, which is perhaps related to *knappō (“knob, boy”).

#### Noun

knapp c
* a button (fastener for clothes)
    knäppa en knappfasten/button a button
    sy fast en knappsew on a button
* a button (meant to be pressed)
    Coordinate terms: ratt, spak
    Tryck inte på knappenDon't press the button
** (graphical user interface) a button
** a switch (in the form of a button, or sometimes more generally by informal extension, especially for light switches)
    Synonym: strömbrytare
    en ljusknapp / lysknappa light switch
* (botany) an anther

##### Derived terms

* knappa

##### Descendants

* → Finnish: nappi

##### See also

* tangent

### References

* knapp in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* knapp in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* knapp in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Yola
### Etymology

From Middle English knobbe.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nap/
* Homophone: nappe

### Noun

knapp (plural knappas)
* A button stuffed with cloth.

### References

* Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 50