Knast
See also: knast
East Central German
editNoun
editKnast
Further reading
edit- 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 74:
German
editEtymology
editThrough Rotwelsch (thieves’ cant) from Yiddish קנס (knas, “a fine”), from Hebrew קְנָס (qənās, “a fine”).
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “sense 2”)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editKnast m (strong, genitive Knastes or Knasts, plural Knäste)
- (informal) jail, the nick, the slammer
- (colloquial, chiefly eastern Germany) hunger
- Knast haben ― to be hungry
Declension
editDeclension of Knast [masculine, strong]
Derived terms
editFurther reading
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