knacken

بـالعربية: طقطق، كسر، فك

1. to make a cracking sound (intransitive) · Die Wurst knackte beim Reinbeissen. The sausage made a cracking sound when bitten.
2. to crack (open) (transitive) · Er knackte die Nuss. He cracked the nut.
3. to crack (a mystery, secret, etc.); to persuade (to reveal something) (figuratively, transitive) · Sie knackte den Code. She cracked the code.· Ich kann ihn knacken. I can get him to open up.
4. to pick (a lock) (transitive)
5. to sleep (informal, intransitive, regional) · Mach' nicht solchen Lärm, er knackt gerade. Don't make such a noise, he's sleeping.