Adjective / Adverb
knapp
Pronunciation: /knap/
close, narrow
The German adjective knapp means close, narrow in English.
B1
rank #703
All meanings of knapp
Adjective
- close, narrow
- scarce
- lean (having little extra)
- somewhat less (than)
- short or tight
Adverb
- narrowly, just, barely
- somewhat less than, almost
knapp in a German sentence
Das war knapp. Wir wären fast abgestürzt!
That was close. We nearly crashed!