kneel

B2 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /niːl/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like nil /ɪ/ vs /iː/

Freq #7138

Meanings

1

verb
To go down and rest on your knees.

In church you have to kneel during parts of the service.

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Word family

Forms kneeledkneelingkneelsknelt

Derived forms kneelerkneelo

Etymology

From Middle English knelen, from Old English cnēowlian (“to kneel”), equivalent to knee + -le. Cognate with Dutch knielen, Low German knelen, dialectal German knielen, Alemannic German chnüle, Danish knæle, all meaning “to kneel”.

knelen Middle English cnēowlian Old English

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