different between knur vs knor

English

Etymology

Late Middle English knorre, variant of knarre; see knar (“knot on a tree trunk”).

Cognate with German Knorren (“knurl”) and Danish knor (“knurl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n??/

Noun

knur (plural knurs)

1. A knurl.
2. The small wooden ball in the game of trap ball, or knurr and spell.

Further reading

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Anagrams

• Runk

Danish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -o???

Verb

knur

1. imperative of knurre

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *k?norz?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /knur/

Noun

knur m anim

1. boar, uncastrated male pig kept for reproduction

Declension

Further reading

• knur in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• knur in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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