Kneel

//niːl//

Synonyms for "kneel" (38 found)

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Related words (19)

Noun(1 words)
kneeling

Related word relations

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Translations

109 translations across 79 languages.

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Aklanon

1 entries
  • euhod verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • προσκυνέω verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Arabic

3 entries
  • جَثَا verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)
  • ركع verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)
  • رَكَعَ verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Armenian

4 entries
  • ծնկել verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)
  • ծնկի գալ verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)
  • ծնրադրել verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)
  • ծունր դնել verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Aromanian

2 entries
  • ndzinucljedzu verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)
  • ndzinuclju verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Bashkir

2 entries
  • теҙләнеү verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)
  • тубыҡланыу verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Basque

1 entries
  • belaunikatu verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • укленчваць verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • коленича verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ဒူးထောက် verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Catalan

1 entries
  • agenollar-se verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • luhod verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • چەکبوون verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᏓᎵᏂᏆᏅᎥᏍᎦ verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Chickasaw

2 entries
  • achokmilhka verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)
  • achokmíyyi'lhka verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 跪 verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 下跪 verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Czech

3 entries
  • kleknout si verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)
  • klečet verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)
  • pokleknout verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Danish

1 entries
  • knæle verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Dutch

1 entries
  • knielen verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • genui verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Estonian

1 entries
  • põlvitama verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Faroese

1 entries
  • leggja seg á knæ verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Finnish

1 entries
  • polvistua verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

French

1 entries
  • s'agenouiller verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Galician

1 entries
  • axeonllar verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Georgian

3 entries
  • დაჩოქება verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)
  • მუხლზე verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)
  • მუხლის მოყრა verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

German

1 entries
  • knien verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Greek

1 entries
  • γονατίζω verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Greenlandic

1 entries
  • seeqqumiarpoq verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • כָּרַע verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Higaonon

1 entries
  • agluhod verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Hiligaynon

1 entries
  • luhod verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • térdel verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Hunsrik

1 entries
  • knïe verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • krjúpa verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • berlutut verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Irish

3 entries
  • bí ar do ghlúine verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)
  • sléacht verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)
  • téigh ar do ghlúine verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Italian

1 entries
  • inginocchiarsi verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 跪く verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Javanese

1 entries
  • dhengkul verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Kabuverdianu

1 entries
  • juelha verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Kapampangan

2 entries
  • siklaud verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)
  • siklod verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Khmer

1 entries
  • លុត verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Korean

1 entries
  • 꿇다 verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Latin

1 entries
  • genuflecto verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Latvian

1 entries
  • nomesties ceļos verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Lower Sorbian

2 entries
  • klěkaś verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)
  • kólenkowaś verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Malay

1 entries
  • berlutut verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • മുട്ടുകുത്തുക verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Mansaka

1 entries
  • lood verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Middle English

1 entries
  • knelen verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • өвдөг сөгдөн verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Māori

1 entries
  • tūturi verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Navajo

1 entries
  • ntsideegeeh verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Norman

1 entries
  • s'agenouoilli verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Northern Sami

1 entries
  • čippostit verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • knele verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Old Javanese

1 entries
  • dĕku verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Persian

1 entries
  • زانو زدن verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Polish

1 entries
  • klęczeć verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • ajoelhar-se verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Quechua

1 entries
  • ullpukuy verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Romanian

1 entries
  • îngenunchea verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Russian

2 entries
  • преклоня́ться verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)
  • стоя́ть на коле́нях verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • kleknuti verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)
  • klečati verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)
  • клекнути verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)
  • клечати verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Slovene

2 entries
  • klečati verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)
  • poklekniti verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Spanish

2 entries
  • ahinojar verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)
  • arrodillarse verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Swahili

1 entries
  • kupiga magoti verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Swedish

4 entries
  • falla på knä verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)
  • knäböja verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)
  • knäfalla verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)
  • nigning verb (to sink down, making it easier for passengers to enter)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • luhod verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Tausug

2 entries
  • lintuhud verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)
  • luhud verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Thai

1 entries
  • คุกเข่า verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Turkish

1 entries
  • diz çökmek verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • вклякати verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)
  • клякати verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)
  • ставати на коліна verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • quỳ verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Welsh

2 entries
  • penglinio verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)
  • penlinio verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Woiwurrung

1 entries
  • barreng-ge-gorree verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Zazaki

1 entries
  • çok biyen verb (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

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I encourage you to come and kneel with me at the foot of Calvary's Cross and be washed in the blood of Our Savior Jesus Christ.

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You must kneel at my feet, kiss my hand and swear that I am an angel.

Source: tatoeba (1638592)

Kneel!

Source: tatoeba (2883870)

There are many superstitions connected with the coming of Christmas itself. The bees are said to sing, the cattle to kneel, in honor of the manger, and the sheep to go in procession in commemoration of the visit of the angel to the shepherds.

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