knevel

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkneː.vəl/
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  • Hyphenation: kne‧vel
  • Rhymes: -eːvəl

Etymology 1

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Cognate to German Knebel. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

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knevel m (plural knevels, diminutive kneveltje n)

  1. a pin used for fastening, a peg
  2. a gag
  3. (possibly dated) a rope used to tie something
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Etymology 2

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From knevelen or a shortening of knevelbaard.

Noun

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knevel m (plural knevels, diminutive kneveltje n)

  1. a moustache covering much of the area above the upper lip, e.g. a handlebar moustache or a walrus moustache
  2. (obsolete) a half of a moustache
    • 1790, Het leven van Tyll Uilenspiegel, section 57:
      Is dan dat monster, dat op gindsche grafzark zich de knevels likt, niet uw zoon?
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Synonyms
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Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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knevel

  1. inflection of knevelen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative