What is the back of the knee called in English?

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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I was reading The Guardian today and saw one person asking an interesting question: what is the back of the knee called in English? I doubt there is a word for this…

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Zahir,

I yahooed “knee pit” and I found this, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knee

The term is popliteal fossa but we can also call it knee pit, although I prefer to use back of the knee.

Thanks! For such an interesting question.

Nina

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Never heard of it; I just call it the back of my knee.
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Hi!

“Dict.leo.org” suggests “hollow of the knee”

Michael

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Thanks to all of you for your suggestions… If it was not too late we could offer our answer to The Guardian weekly…

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Another term for it is the ‘ham of the knee’, apparently.

Never thought of giving it a name before.

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But it’s not hollow.

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It would have turned my legs to jelly if my hollows of the knees were hollow.

Are you referring to the ambiguity of the word “hollow”?

Regards

Michael