Landsknecht

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Borrowed from German Landsknecht, from Lands (“of the land”) + Knecht (“servant”). Doublet of lansquenet.

Landsknecht (plural Landsknechts or Landsknechte)

German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century — see lansquenet

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Landsknecht and Landsknecht (card game)

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From Lands (“of the land”) +‎ Knecht (“servant”).

Landsknecht m (strong, genitive Landsknechtes or Landsknechts, plural Landsknechte)

(countable, historical) lansquenet (German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century)
(uncountable) lansquenet (gambling card game)
Synonym: Lansquenet

Declension of Landsknecht [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Landsknecht	die	Landsknechte
genitive	eines	des	Landsknechtes, Landsknechts	der	Landsknechte
dative	einem	dem	Landsknecht, Landsknechte¹	den	Landsknechten
accusative	einen	den	Landsknecht	die	Landsknechte

¹Now rare, see notes.

Descendants

→ Arabic: لَانْدْسْكْنِيشْت (lāndsknīšt)
→ Czech: lancknecht
→ Danish: landsknægt (calque)
→ Dutch: landsknecht, lansknecht (calque)
→ English: Landsknecht, landsknecht
→ French: lansquenet
- → Catalan: lansquenet
- → English: lansquenet
- → Portuguese: lansquenete, lansquené, lansquenê
- → Spanish: lansquenete
→ Greek: Λάντσκνεχτ (Lántsknecht)
→ Hebrew: לָאנְדְסְקְנֶכְט (landsknékht)
→ Italian: lanzichenecco, zecchinetta, zecchinetto
→ Japanese: ランツクネヒト (rantsukunehito)
→ Korean: 란츠크네히트 (rancheukeunehiteu)
→ Latin: Landsknectus
→ Lithuanian: landsknechtas
→ Norwegian: landsknekt (calque)
→ Polish: lancknecht, landsknecht
→ Russian: ландскне́хт (landsknéxt)
- → Georgian: ლანდსკნეხტი (landsḳnexṭi)
→ Serbo-Croatian: ландскнехт, landsknext
→ Swedish: landsknekt (calque)
→ Uzbek: landsknext
→ Vietnamese: lencơnet