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knaack

/nˈɑk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
knaack
IPA
/nˈɑk/
16
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

Etymology

North/Low German surname, from knaak (“bone”), from the noun Middle Low German knōke, from Old Saxon *knuko, from Proto-West Germanic *knokō. Compare the south German variant Knoch.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: -, knōke, *knuko, *knokō

Inflected Forms

Knaacks (plural)

Homonyms

knoch knaak

Rhymes With

rock stock block lock shock clock iraq doc knock cock o'clock dock

Questions

How do you pronounce knaack?
The recorded pronunciation is /nˈɑk/.
What does knaack mean?
A surname.
Where does knaack come from?
It is traced to Proto-West Germanic.

How to pronounce knaack

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