# knietief

knietief is a German adjective meaning “knee-deep”.

## Meanings

1. _figurative_ knee-deep
   - 1920, Eduard von Keyserling, Wellen, S. Fischer, page 192 — And suddenly the old count stood there in the middle of one of the garden beds, knee-deep in the gladioli.

## Examples

- Der Schnee war knietief. — The snow was knee deep.
- Der Sumpf ist knietief. — The marsh is knee-deep.

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