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Knospe

bud

noun K-NOS-pe Rare
Animals & Nature Plants

Usage Note

Knospe is the bud of a plant before it opens; the verb knospen means to bud. A flower bud is Blütenknospe, a leaf bud Blattknospe. It is a feminine noun pluralising regularly as Knospen.

Examples

"An den Zweigen schwellen schon die ersten Knospen."

Natural Translation

The first buds are already swelling on the branches.

Literal Translation

On the branches swell already the first buds.

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