GERMAN · B2WORD NOTES
MEANING & PRONUNCIATION

knacken

crack; make a cracking sound

Im alten Gebälk knackte es laut, als sich das Holz nach dem warmen Tag wieder abkühlte.

Loud cracking came from the old beams as the wood cooled again after the warm day.

crack open

Die Nüsse lassen sich leichter knacken, wenn man ein geeignetes Werkzeug statt der Hände verwendet.

The nuts are easier to crack if you use a suitable tool instead of your hands.

crack; solve

Nach mehreren Anläufen knackte das Team das Problem, an dem es seit Tagen gearbeitet hatte.

After several attempts, the team cracked the problem they had been working on for days.

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