knapp
/nˈæp/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.93 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
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A surname.
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A place name:
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A place name:
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A place name:
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Etymology
* As a German surname, from the noun Knabe (“boy, young unmarried man”). This is also found as the variant Knap. * As an English surname related to the above, from the noun knave, similar to Nave. * Also as an English surname, from Middle English knappe (“hillock”), from Old English cnæpp (“summit”), probably from the same source as Icelandic hnappur (“button”). * As a Jewish surname, from the German adjective knapp (“scarce, tight”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, knappe, cnæpp