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Where does “knalle” come from?

knalle (German) comes from German knallen, from German knall, from Middle High German knellen.

knalle (German): inflection of knallen: ## first-person singular...

Definitions

  1. inflection of knallen: ## first-person singular...

Ancestry of “knalle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanknallento bang, to pop; to fuck
2Germanknallsingular imperative of knallen; first-person...
3Middle High Germanknellen—
Every word from Middle High German knellen →