aùsknecht

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Hausknecht.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaws.knɛxt/
  • Rhymes: -awsknɛxt
  • Syllabification: aùs‧knecht

Noun

aùsknecht m pers

  1. (literary) watchman, caretaker
    Synonyms: dozérca, dozórca, dozérôcz
    • 1880, Hieronim Derdowski, O panu Czorlińscim co do Pucka po sece jachoł zełgoł dlo swojech druchow kaszubściech‎[1], page 10:
      Ausknechtowi doł żem berjelt, be pilował sani.
      I gave the caretaker a tip to keep an eye on the sleigh

Declension

Declension of aùsknecht
singular plural
nominative aùsknecht aùsknechcë
genitive aùsknechta aùsknechtów
dative aùsknechtowi aùsknechtóm
accusative aùsknechta aùsknechtów
instrumental aùsknechtã aùsknechtama
locative aùsknechce aùsknechtach
vocative aùsknechce aùsknechcë

Further reading

  • Stefan Ramułt (1893) “auskneχt”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 3
  • “aùsknecht”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
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