different between knar vs knor

English

Alternative forms

• knaur

Etymology

From Middle English knarre (“a crag; twisted rock; knot in wood”), probably from Old English *cnearra, which could be related to cnotta.

Cognate with Dutch knar, knor (“gnarl, knot”), German Low German Knurre, Knur (“knot in wood”), German Knorren (“knot in wood”). Related also to English knurl and gnarl.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /n??(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /n??/, [n??], [n??]
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Noun

knar (plural knars)

1. A knot or burl in a tree; a knurl, a gnarl.

Synonyms

• burl, gnarl, knot, knurl

Related terms

• gnarl, knurl

References

Anagrams

• ARNK, Karn, karn, kran, nark, rank

Danish

Alternative forms

• knor (dated), knarr

Etymology

From Old Danish knar, from Old Norse kn?rr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?k?n???]

Noun

knar c (singular definite knaren or knarren, plural indefinite knarer or knarrer)

1. (dated) Alternative form of knarr

Inflection

References

• “knar” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Etymology

Variant of knor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kn?r/
• Hyphenation: knar
• Rhymes: -?r

Noun

knar m (plural knarren, diminutive knarretje n)

1. (informal, often with pleonastic attribute "oude") old geezer, oldtimer

2. (informal) bonce, head

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

knar

1. present of kna

English

Noun

knor (plural knors)

1. Obsolete form of knur.

Anagrams

• Kron, N. Kor., NKRO, Nork, Ronk, nork

Danish

Alternative forms

• knar (dated), knarr

Etymology

From Old Danish knar, from Old Norse kn?rr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?k?no????]

Noun

knor c (singular definite knoren or knorren, plural indefinite knorer or knorrer)

1. (dated) Alternative form of knarr

Inflection

References

• “knor” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Etymology

From knorren (“to grunt like a pig, to grumble like a hungry stomach”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kn?r/
• Hyphenation: knor
• Rhymes: -?r

Noun

knor m (plural knorren, diminutive knorretje n)

1. A grunt by a pig.
2. A grumble by a stomach.
3. (derogatory, college slang) A university student who doesn't belong to a student society (rarely used except by members of student societies).

   Synonyms: nihilist, varken

Westrobothnian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /knu?r/

  Rhymes: -ú?r

  (ð-r merger) Rhymes: -ú?ð, -ú?r

Adjective

knor

1. Plucky, alert.

See also

• knarr
• knyij