Knicks

See also: knicks

English

Etymology

From the fictional Diedrich Knickerbocker, a pseudonym of Washington Irving.

Proper noun

Knicks

  1. The New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association, formerly the New York Knickerbockers of the Basketball Association of America.

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /knɪks/
  • Rhymes: -ɪks

Etymology 1

From knicken (“to bend, fold”) +‎ -s.

Noun

Knicks m (strong, genitive Knickses, plural Knickse)

  1. curtsey (bow of the knees made by women)
Declension
Declension of Knicks [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Knicks die Knickse
genitive eines des Knickses der Knickse
dative einem dem Knicks, Knickse1 den Knicksen
accusative einen den Knicks die Knickse

1Now rare, see notes.

Alternative forms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

Knicks

  1. genitive singular of Knick
  2. (rare) plural of Knick

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