knien
to kneel
- Past (Präteritum)
- kniete
- Past participle
- gekniet (haben)
Regular weak verb using haben to indicate the static posture of placing one's knees on the ground. Often used with adverbials like nieder or vor jemandem to express humility or physical exertion. While mostly synonymous with niederknien, knien describes the state of being on one's knees rather than the act of moving into that position.
Conjugation
Present
- knie
- first-person, form-of, present, singular
- kniet
- present, singular, third-person
- knien
- first-person, indicative, plural, present
- kniest
- indicative, present, second-person, singular
Past
- kniete
- past
- knieten
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite
- knietest
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- knietet
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person
Subjunctive
- knie
- first-person, form-of, singular, subjunctive-i, third-person
- knien
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- kniest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- kniet
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- kniete
- first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- knieten
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- knietest
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- knietet
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- habe gekniet
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- haben gekniet
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- habest gekniet
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- habet gekniet
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- hätte gekniet
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- hätten gekniet
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- hättest gekniet
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- hättet gekniet
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- werde knien
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden knien
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest knien
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet knien
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde knien
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden knien
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdest knien
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdet knien
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- werde gekniet haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden gekniet haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest gekniet haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet gekniet haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde gekniet haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden gekniet haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
Imperative
- knie
- form-of, imperative, singular
- kniet
- imperative, plural, second-person
Participle
- gekniet
- participle, past
- kniend
- participle, present
Infinitive
- knien
- infinitive
Other
- habe gekniet
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- haben gekniet
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- hast gekniet
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- habt gekniet
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- hat gekniet
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- hatte gekniet
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- hatten gekniet
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- hattest gekniet
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- hattet gekniet
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- knien werden
- future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde knien
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden knien
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst knien
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet knien
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird knien
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- gekniet haben werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde gekniet haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden gekniet haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst gekniet haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet gekniet haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird gekniet haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- knieen
- alternative, proscribed