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kneten

to knead

verb KNAY-ten Less Common
Food & Drink Cooking

Usage Note

kneten is to work dough with the hands until smooth; regular, participle geknetet. The Kn- is fully sounded. A Knethaken is the dough hook on a mixer.

Examples

"Knete den Teig zehn Minuten lang."

Natural Translation

Knead the dough for ten minutes.

Literal Translation

Knead the dough ten minutes long.

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