knap – Dutch adjective declension

Adjective: knap

Indefinite Forms

masc. & fem.	knappe
neuter	knap

Comparison Forms

Positive	knappe
Comparative	knappere
Superlative	knapste

Sample Sentences

Oh, dat is best knap. (Oh, that's pretty impressive.)

Adjectives inflected like knap

nep, rap, sip, knap, krap, slap,

Etymology

1. Ca. 1500. A word originally found only in Dutch and Low German; compare Middle Low German knap, whence German knapp, Danish knap, Swedish knapp, all “scarce, scant”, also “tight-fitting, small” (of clothes). From the last, Dutch derived “attractive, pretty”, which was then further generalised; cf. semantically German schmücken (“to embellish", originally "to fit tightly”).
2. Further origin unknown. Perhaps comparable to Ancient Greek κνάπτω (knáptō, “to card wool”), κνέφαλλον (knéphallon, “flock, wool”), in the sense of "tight-fitting, shapely." See: German Adjectives 'knapp', Swedish Adjectives 'knapp'.

Verbs referencing "knap"

German Adjectives knapp, Swedish Adjectives knapp.