knekt

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German knecht, from Old Saxon kneht, from Proto-West Germanic *kneht.

Noun

knekt m (definite singular knekten, indefinite plural knekter, definite plural knektene)

1. jack (playing card)

Alternative forms

• knekka, knekket

Verb

knekt

1. past participle of knekke

References

• “knekt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German knecht, from Old Saxon kneht, from Proto-West Germanic *kneht.

Noun

knekt m (definite singular knekten, indefinite plural knektar, definite plural knektane)

1. jack (playing card)

References

• “knekt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German knecht, from Old Saxon kneht, from Proto-West Germanic *kneht.

Pronunciation

• Homophone: knäckt

Noun

knekt c

1. knight (professional warrior, especially of the Middle Ages)
2. (playing cards) jack; card ranking between the ten and queen (abbreviated Kn)

Declension

Declension of knekt
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	knekt	knekten	knektar	knektarna
Genitive	knekts	knektens	knektars	knektarnas

Derived terms

• stridsknekt
• legoknekt

See also

Playing cards in Swedish · kort (layout · text)
ess, äss	tvåa, två	trea, tre	fyra	femma, fem	sexa, sex	sjua, sju
åtta	nia, nio	tia, tio	knekt	dam, drottning	kung	joker

Further reading

• knekt in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• knekt in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)