German

Noun

Knistern n ‎(genitive Knisterns, no plural)

1. crackle (The fizzing, popping sound of paper, fire etc.)

Related terms

• Geknister

See also

• Knittern
• Rascheln
• Rauschen
• Geräusch

German

Verb

knistern ‎(third-person singular simple present knistert, past tense knisterte, past participle geknistert, auxiliary haben)

1. to sizzle; to crackle; to creak; chiefly referring to the sound of fire or of paper being crumpled
   • 1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 158–159:

     Als in dem grünlichen Kachelofen nach einiger Zeit die Holzscheite zu glimmen und zu knistern begannen, setzte er sich, noch immer im Pelz, auf den schwarzen, ans Bett gerückten breitlehnigen Lederstuhl.

     When after some time the logs in the greenish tiled stove started glowing and crackling, he sat down, still in the fur, on the black leather chair, which was moved next to the bed.

Conjugation

Derived terms

• Knistern