Declension and comparison German adjective knapp

The declension of the adjective knapp (tight, short) uses these forms of the comparison knapp,knapper,am knappsten. The endings for the comparison in the comparative and superlative are er/sten. The adjective knapp can be used both attributively in front of a noun as well as predicative in conjunction with a verb.One can not only inflect and compare knapp, but all German adjectives. Comments ☆

positive
knapp
comparative
knapper
superlative
am knappsten

A2 · adjective · positive · regular · comparable

knapp

knapp · knapper · am knappsten

English tight, short, limited, barely, close, concise, just enough, narrow, scant, scarce, slim, succinct, terse

/ˈknapː/ · /ˈknapː/ · /ˈknapɐ/ · /ˈknapˌstən/

gerade noch ausreichend; etwas kleiner als angegeben; eng; ausreichend, gerafft, gerade

» Arbeit war knapp . English Work was scarce.

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The strong inflection of knapp without articles or pronouns

Masculine

Nom. knapper
Gen. knappen
Dat. knappem
Acc. knappen

Feminine

Nom. knappe
Gen. knapper
Dat. knapper
Acc. knappe

Neutral

Nom. knappes
Gen. knappen
Dat. knappem
Acc. knappes

Plural

Nom. knappe
Gen. knapper
Dat. knappen
Acc. knappe
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Weak declension

The weak inflection of the adjective knapp with the definite article 'der' or with pronouns like 'dieser' and 'jener'

Masculine

Nom. derknappe
Gen. desknappen
Dat. demknappen
Acc. denknappen

Feminine

Nom. dieknappe
Gen. derknappen
Dat. derknappen
Acc. dieknappe

Neutral

Nom. dasknappe
Gen. desknappen
Dat. demknappen
Acc. dasknappe

Plural

Nom. dieknappen
Gen. derknappen
Dat. denknappen
Acc. dieknappen
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Mixed declension

The mixed inflection of the adjective knapp with the indefinite article 'ein' or with pronouns like 'kein' and 'mein'

Masculine

Nom. einknapper
Gen. einesknappen
Dat. einemknappen
Acc. einenknappen

Feminine

Nom. eineknappe
Gen. einerknappen
Dat. einerknappen
Acc. eineknappe

Neutral

Nom. einknappes
Gen. einesknappen
Dat. einemknappen
Acc. einknappes

Plural

Nom. keineknappen
Gen. keinerknappen
Dat. keinenknappen
Acc. keineknappen

Predicative use

Using knapp as predicative

Singular

Masc.eristknapp
Fem.sieistknapp
Neut.esistknapp

Plural

siesindknapp

Examples

Example sentences for knapp

  • Arbeit war knapp . 
    English Work was scarce.
  • Das Fleisch ist knapp . 
    English Meat's scarce.
  • Die Zeit wird nämlich knapp . 
    English Time is indeed tight.
  • Er ist ständig knapp bei Kasse. 
    English He's always short of money.
  • Ich mag kurze, knappe Sätze. 
    English I like short, concise sentences.
  • Ich bin im Moment knapp bei Kasse. 
    English I'm short of cash at the moment.
  • Ich bin knapp unter einem Meter fünfzig groß. 
    English I'm just under 150 centimeters tall.
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Translations

Translation of German knapp

German knapp
English tight, short, limited, barely, close, concise, just enough, narrow
Russian едва достаточный, недостаточный, короткий, Едва, едва, краткий, почти, сжатый
Spanish escaso, justo, corto, ajustado, apretado, cercano, ceñido, estrecho
French juste, étroit, succinct, bref, concis, court, insuffisant, juste suffisant
Turkish dar, az, kısa, kısıtlı, kıt, sınırlı, yetersiz
Portuguese escasso, apertado, pouco, curto, apenas, justo, restrito
Italian scarso, ridotto, stretto, appena sufficiente, breve, conciso, essenziale, insufficiente
Romanian puțin, aproape, aproape suficient, concis, lapidar, limitat, prea strâmt, puțin mai mic
Hungarian szűk, kicsit kisebb, korlátozott, rövid, szoros, szűkös, éppen elegendő
Polish bliski, ciasny, krótki, ledwie, mało, nieco mniejszy, niedostateczny, niewiele
Greek στενός, ανεπαρκής, λίγος, λιγότερος, μικρός, μικρότερος, οριακός, περιορισμένος
Dutch krap, kort, beperkt, bijna, nauw, nauwelijks, netto, nipt
Czech těsný, skromný, krátký, nedostatečný, skoro, skoro dostatečný, stručný, těsně
Swedish knapp, kort, knappt, trång
Danish knap, snæver, kort, lige nok, mangelfuld
Japanese ぎりぎりの, わずか, 不足, 不足ぎりぎり, 少し小さい, 狭い, 短い, 簡潔な
Catalan escàs, just, curt, estret, limitat, menor, poc
Finnish niukka, tiukka, kapea, lyhyt, suppea, tiivis, vähäinen, vähän
Norwegian knapp, knapt, kort, mangel, trang
Basque eskas, estua, hurbil, labur, murrizketa, murriztua, murriztuta, nahikoa
Serbian skroman, kratko, malo manji, nedovoljan, ograničen, oskudan, taman, tanko
Macedonian достаточно, кратко, мало, недостаточно, ограничен, помалку, скромен, скромно
Slovenian omejen, skromen, tesen, komaj dovolj, kratek, manjši, ozek, pomanjkljiv
Slowakisch tesný, úzky, skromný, krátky, na hrane, nedostatočný, stručný
Bosnian skroman, uskoro, kratko, nedovoljan, ograničen, oskudan, suzdržan, taman
Croatian skroman, tijesno, kratko, manje, nedovoljan, oskudan, osnovan, usko
Ukrainian обмежений, короткий, ледве достатній, менший, недостатній, скромний, трохи, тісний
Bulgarian недостатъчен, тесен, едва, едва достатъчен, кратък, малко по-малък, на ръба, ограничен
Belorussian недастаткова, шчыльны, абмежаваны, блізкі, едва дастаткова, краткі, мала, сціслы
Indonesian dekat, hanya cukup, ketat, langka, pendek, sedikit lebih kecil dari yang dinyatakan, singkat, terbatas
Vietnamese chật, gần, khan hiếm, ngắn, ngắn gọn, nhỏ hơn một chút so với đã ghi, vừa đủ
Uzbek qisqa, belgilanganidan biroz kichikroq, deyarli yetarli, kam, tor, yaqin, yetarli emas
Hindi अपर्याप्त, घोषित से थोड़ा छोटा, छोटा, तंग, निकट, बस पर्याप्त, संक्षिप्त
Chinese 勉强够用, 接近的, 比所列的略小, 短, 稀缺, 简洁的, 紧
Thai กระชับ, ขาดแคลน, คับ, สั้น, เล็กกว่าที่ระบุเล็กน้อย, แทบพอ, ใกล้
Korean 가까운, 간결한, 겨우 충분한, 모자란, 부족한, 짧다, 타이트하다, 표시된 것보다 약간 작다
Azerbaijani bildiriləndən kiçikdir, dar, qısa, qısaca, qıt, yalnız kifayət qədər, yaxın, yetərsiz
Georgian ახლოს, ლაკონური, მიუთითებულზე მცირე, მოკლე, მჭიდრო, მხოლოდ საკმარისი, ნაკლები
Bengali অপর্যাপ্ত, আটসাঁট, উল্লেখিত থেকে সামান্য কম, কম, ছোট, নিকট, মাত্র পর্যাপ্ত, সংক্ষিপ্ত
Albanian afër, i ngushtë, i shkurtër, koncis, pak, pak mjaft, pak më i vogël se sa specifikuar
Marathi अपर्याप्त, अल्प, घट्ट, घोषित असल्यापेक्षा थोडे कमी, जवळचा, फक्त पुरेसे, लहान, संक्षिप्त
Nepali अपर्याप्त, कम, कसिलो, केवल पर्याप्त, घोषितभन्दा केही सानो, छोटो, निकट, संक्षिप्त
Telugu కేవలం సరిపడే, చిన్న, చెప్పినదానికంటే కొద్దిగా చిన్నది, తక్కువ, బిగుతైన, సంక్షిప్త, సన్నిహిత
Latvian ciešs, lakonisks, nedaudz mazāks par norādīto, tikai pietiekami, trūcīgs, tuvu, īss
Tamil அறிவிக்கப்பட்ட அளவைவிட சிறியது, இறுக்கமான, குறுகிய, குறைவான, சுருக்கமான, நெருக்கமான, மட்டும் போதுமான
Estonian kitsas, lakoniline, lähedane, lühike, napp, peaaegu piisav, veidi väiksem kui näidatud
Armenian դեռ բավարար է, կարճ, հակիրճ, հայտարարվածի համեմատ փոքր, մոտ, նեղ, քիչ
Kurdish kisa, kurt, kêm, kêm ji wê ku hatî gotin, nêz, teng, tenê yeter
Hebrewצמוד، מצומצם، חסר، מוגבל، מועט، קצר
Arabicقليل، ضيق، أقل من المطلوب، ضئيل، قصير، محدود، مقتضب، نقص
Persianکم، کوتاه، تنگ، محدود، مختصر، ناکافی، نزدیک، کافی
Urduکم، تنگ، مختصر، ناکافی، کمی

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Meanings and synonyms of knapp
  • gerade noch ausreichend, weniger als das, was man eigentlich braucht oder gerne hätte, ausreichend, gerade, eng, gering
  • etwas kleiner als angegeben, kaum, noch nicht einmal
  • mit nur wenig Abstand, um Haaresbreite, hauchdünn
  • kurz oder zu eng, extrem figurbetont
  • auf das Wesentliche beschränkt, gerafft, konzentriert
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Declension and comparison forms of knapp

Summary of all declination forms and forms of comparisons of the adjective knapp in all genera and cases

The declension and comparison of knapp as declination and comparison tables with all strong, weak and mixed forms. These become clear as tables in the singular and plural and in all four cases nominative, genitive, dative and accusative.

Comparison of adjectives knapp

positive knapp
comparative knapper
superlative am knappsten
  • positive: knapp
  • comparative: knapper
  • superlative: am knappsten

Strong declension knapp

Masculine Feminine Neutral Plural
Nom. knapper knappe knappes knappe
Gen. knappen knapper knappen knapper
Dat. knappem knapper knappem knappen
Acc. knappen knappe knappes knappe
  • Masculine: knapper, knappen, knappem, knappen
  • Feminine: knappe, knapper, knapper, knappe
  • Neutral: knappes, knappen, knappem, knappes
  • Plural: knappe, knapper, knappen, knappe

Weak declension knapp

  • Masculine: der knappe, des knappen, dem knappen, den knappen
  • Feminine: die knappe, der knappen, der knappen, die knappe
  • Neutral: das knappe, des knappen, dem knappen, das knappe
  • Plural: die knappen, der knappen, den knappen, die knappen

Mixed declension knapp

  • Masculine: ein knapper, eines knappen, einem knappen, einen knappen
  • Feminine: eine knappe, einer knappen, einer knappen, eine knappe
  • Neutral: ein knappes, eines knappen, einem knappen, ein knappes
  • Plural: keine knappen, keiner knappen, keinen knappen, keine knappen

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