Knochen

From Middle High German knoche, from Old High German knohha, from Proto-West Germanic *knokō (“bone, joint”).

Compare Dutch knook (“bone”), knokkel (“knuckle”), knekel (“bone (of a dead person)”), English knuckle, Danish kno and Swedish knoge (both “knuckle”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈknɔχn/

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Knochen m (strong, genitive Knochens, plural Knochen, diminutive Knöchlein n)

1. bone

• “Knochen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Knochen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Knochen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Knochen” in Duden online
• Knochen on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de