Kneipe

German Etymology de gml From de kneipen, an archaic variant of de kneifen to pinch, squeeze. The noun spread from student slang of Upper Saxony in the later 18th century, possibly picked up from thieves’ cant, and is based on the idea of a crowded pub where people, as it were, squeeze and poke each other. Kneipe became the commonest word for “pub” during the 20th century. Pronunciation de /ˈknaɪ̯pə/ de De-Kneipe.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun f chen pub, bar de Thesaurus:Kneipe de obsolete a student’s cramped dwelling Usage notes The term de Kneipe typically refers to a pub that does not serve hot food, which is the predominant rule for pubs in German-speaking Europe. Pubs that do serve hot food (and provide accommodation in many instances) are more likely to be referred to as de Lokal, de Wirtshaus, de Gaststätte, or de Gasthof, although they may also be called de Kneipe. Declension f Derived terms de Bierkneipe Dorfkneipe Eckkneipe Hafenkneipe Kellerkneipe kneipen<gloss:to booze> kneipenartig Kneipenhocker Kneipenkultur Kneipensterben Kneipenwirt Musikkneipe Raucherkneipe Stammkneipe Studentenkneipe Related terms de kneifen, de kneipen, de kniepen Descendants cs knajpa 1 da knejpe 1 nb kneipe 1 nl knijp 1 pl knajpa 1 Further reading Kluge Friedrich Friedrich Kluge Kneipe Zeitschrift für deutsche Sprache 3 1902 Straßburg Karl J. Trübner 114–121 https://archive.org/details/zeitschriftfrd03berluoft/page/114 de Restaurants de student slang