knacken

B2 Verb frequency rank #5,660

What knacken means

Verb

to make a cracking sound
to crack (open)
to crack (a mystery, secret, etc.); to persuade (to reveal something)
to pick (a lock)

Forms

knacken · knackt · knackte · hat geknackt (+ Akkusativ)

Pronunciation

knacken in a sentence

Die Treppe knackt bei jedem Schritt.

The stairs creak with every step.

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knacken is B2 German — upper-intermediate vocabulary, ranked #5,660 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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