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Knut
Knut
See also: knut
Norwegian
Proper noun
Knut
- A male given name.
Related terms
References
- Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 26 771 males with the given name Knut living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 May, 2011.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse Knútr, cognate with English Canute and Danish Knud.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ʉːt
Proper noun
Knut
- A male given name.
Related terms
- (surnames) Knutsson
References
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
- Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622: 15 750 males with the given name Knut living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1910s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
knut
knut
See also: Knut
English
Noun
knut (plural knuts)
- (archaic, informal, Edwardian) An idle upper-class man-about-town[1]
- Oh Hades! the Ladies who leave their wooden huts,
For Gilbert the Filbert, the colonel of the knuts...
- Oh Hades! the Ladies who leave their wooden huts,
Synonyms
References
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse knútr, from Proto-Germanic (compare *knuttan-, whence English knot).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ʉːt
Noun
knut c
Usage notes
- corner
In particular used about log cabins, but also generalized to small and medium sized buildings
Declension
Inflection of knut | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | knut | knuten | knutar | knutarna |
Genitive | knuts | knutens | knutars | knutarnas |