knecht
See also: Knecht
Czech
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈknɛxt]
- Hyphenation: knecht
Noun
knecht m anim
Declension
Declension of knecht (hard masculine animate)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | knecht | knechtové, knechti |
| genitive | knechta | knechtů |
| dative | knechtovi, knechtu | knechtům |
| accusative | knechta | knechty |
| vocative | knechte | knechtové, knechti |
| locative | knechtovi, knechtu | knechtech |
| instrumental | knechtem | knechty |
Further reading
- “knecht”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “knecht”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch cnecht, from Old Dutch cneht, from Proto-West Germanic *kneht.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /knɛxt/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: knecht
- Rhymes: -ɛxt
Noun
knecht m (plural knechten or knechts, diminutive knechtje n)
- a servant
- Synonyms: bediende, bode, dienaar, dienstbode
- (by extension) an assistant, hand, employee
- (derogatory) a flunky; often in diminutive form
Synonyms
Derived terms
- knechten
- knechterig
- knechtschap
- laarzenknecht
- verknechten
(types by task/employer)
- bakkersknecht
- beulsknecht
- boerenknecht
- dekknecht
- herenknecht
- huisknecht
- landsknecht
- lansknecht
- lijfknecht
- livreiknecht
- meesterknecht
- schildknecht
- stalknecht
- toneelknecht
- veeknecht
- wapenknecht
Descendants
Middle Low German
Etymology
Likely from Old Dutch *kneht, from Proto-West Germanic *kneht.
Noun
knecht
- servant, vassal, bondsman
- boy, young boy
- bachelor, unmarried man
- assistant, journeyman, apprentice
- soldier, mercenary
- squire, knight without knighthood
Derived terms
- abbetēkæreknecht
- ambachtenknecht
- ambachtesknecht
- ambachtknecht
- armborstæreknecht
- barbæreknecht
- barbēræreknecht
- batstōværeknecht
- beckæreknecht
- beddeknecht
- berchknecht
- binnenknecht
- brüggeknecht
- brūdeknecht
- brūtknecht
- brūwæreknecht
- bödekeresknecht
- bödelknecht
- börgæreknecht
- börgæresknecht
- börsenknecht
- bādæreknecht
- bāreknecht
- bērknecht
- bōkstāvenesknecht
- bōsknecht
- bōtknecht
- būkknecht
- būrknecht
- būwknecht
- cirkelknecht
- drīværeknecht
- dēnstknecht
- dǖvelesknecht
- dȫreknecht
- gelēideknecht
- gerichteknecht
- gerwæreknecht
- gildeknecht
- glāsewrechtæreknecht
- grāvenknecht
- grāvārtknecht
- gōdesknecht
- halfknecht
- hantwerkesknecht
- harneschknecht
- helpeknecht
- hofknecht
- holtknecht
- hülpæreknecht
- hāverknecht
- hēideknecht
- hōrenknecht
- hōrknecht
- hōtmākæreknecht
- hōveknecht
- hōvesknecht
- hūsknecht
- hūsmannesknecht
- hȫvetknecht
- junchēreknecht
- juncknecht
- jārknecht
- jēgæreknecht
- kastenknecht
- kellenknecht
- kellæreknecht
- kemenādeknecht
- kerkenknecht
- knechtesknecht
- knōkenhouwæreknecht
- koppersmēdeknecht
- koppersmēdenknecht
- kostknecht
- krāmæreknecht
- krānknecht
- krīgesknecht
- kumpānīeknecht
- kutschenknecht
- körsenewrechtenknecht
- kötmangæreknecht
- kāmerknecht
- kārenknecht
- kēmenerknecht
- kēmerknecht
- kēmerīeknecht
- kētelbȫtæreknecht
- kīmæreknecht
- kōplǖdeknecht
- kōpmannesknecht
- kǖtæreknecht
- kȫkeneknecht
- lammerknecht
- lancsummenknecht
- landesknecht
- lantknecht
- lēreknecht
- lōneknecht
- lōnerknecht
- lōsknecht
- marketknecht
- marstallesknecht
- matteknecht
- mattenknecht
- meltæreknecht
- mengæreknecht
- messetmākæreknecht
- middelknecht
- moisenknecht
- möllæreknecht
- münteknecht
- müntæreknecht
- mālæreknecht
- mēdeknecht
- mēlæreknecht
- mēsterknecht
- mūreknecht
- mȫlenknecht
- mȫlenwāgenknecht
- mȫsæreknecht
- neiknecht
- netteknecht
- nōtknecht
- paternostermākæreknecht
- pelsæreknecht
- plēgeknecht
- plēgesknecht
- plēgæreknecht
- plōchknecht
- prōvestdincknecht
- pāgenknecht
- pāpenknecht
- pērdeknecht
- pōrtenknecht
- rackæreknecht
- richteknecht
- richtesknecht
- richtæreknecht
- rotteknecht
- rādemēkæreknecht
- rēmensnīdæreknecht
- rēmsnīdæreknecht
- rēpslēgæreknecht
- rēpæreknecht
- rēseknecht
- rīdeknecht
- rīdeneknecht
- rōderknecht
- rǖtæreknecht
- rȫseknecht
- rȫsenknecht
- sabbatesknecht
- santknecht
- schiltknecht
- schipknecht
- schrȫdæreknecht
- schāpæreknecht
- schōknecht
- schōmākæreknecht
- setteknecht
- slachtæreknecht
- slǖtæreknecht
- smēdeknecht
- sniddekæreknecht
- snīdæreknecht
- snīdæresknecht
- stalknecht
- stalleknecht
- stockelknecht
- studērknecht
- stōvenknecht
- stȫværeknecht
- swēpenknecht
- swērtknecht
- swērtvēgæreknecht
- swōrenknecht
- söltæreknecht
- sülteknecht
- sādelmākæreknecht
- sālknecht
- sēgelmākæreknecht
- sēlæreknecht
- sīseknecht
- sōdesknecht
- taschenmākæreknecht
- taschenmēkæreknecht
- teindenpenningesknecht
- teinpennigesknecht
- timberknecht
- tollenknecht
- tolneknecht
- tāfelknecht
- tēgelknecht
- tōknecht
- underknecht
- vischæreknecht
- volgeknecht
- vrouwenknecht
- vrīknecht
- vrōneknecht
- vrōnenknecht
- vōderknecht
- vōlknecht
- vōrknecht
- vōtknecht
- vǖrhērenknecht
- weddeknecht
- werkknecht
- wāgenknecht
- wāpenknecht
- ümmeknecht
- ēdelknecht
- ōrtknecht
- ȫverhōvesknecht
- ȫverknecht
References
- Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelniederdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)
- Lübben, August und Christoph Walther Mittelniederdeutsches Handwörterbuch, Vol II, 1888. Published by Norden und Leipzig.
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Knecht, from Middle High German knëht, from Old High German kneht, from Proto-West Germanic *kneht.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈknɛxt/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɛxt
- Syllabification: knecht
Noun
knecht m pers
- (military, historical) German army infantryman
Declension
Declension of knecht
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | knecht | knechci/knechty (deprecative) |
| genitive | knechta | knechtów |
| dative | knechtowi | knechtom |
| accusative | knechta | knechtów |
| instrumental | knechtem | knechtami |
| locative | knechcie | knechtach |
| vocative | knechcie | knechci |
Noun
knecht m inan
Declension
Declension of knecht
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | knecht | knechty |
| genitive | knechta | knechtów |
| dative | knechtowi | knechtom |
| accusative | knecht | knechty |
| instrumental | knechtem | knechtami |
| locative | knechcie | knechtach |
| vocative | knechcie | knechty |
Further reading
- knecht in Polish dictionaries at PWN