An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Kneipe
Kneipe, feminine, ‘pincers, gripes,’ Modern High German only, of obscure origin; its cognate relation to kneipen can only be assumed, since an older connecting link between it and Kneipe, ‘tavern,’ is wanting; originally Kneipe was a low tavern. Is it related to Dutch knijp, feminine, ‘narrowness, embarrassment’? or rather Dutch knijp, masculine, ‘bird-snare, brothel’?