knecht

See also: Knecht

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Knecht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈknɛxt]
• Hyphenation: knecht

Noun

knecht m anim

1. soldier

   Synonym: voják

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 *kneht, 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)

1. a servant
2. (by extension) an assistant, hand, employee
3. (derogatory) a flunky; often in diminutive form

Synonyms

• dienaar

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

• Afrikaans: kneg
• → Indonesian: kenek
• Negerhollands: knegt, knecht

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

1. (military, historical) German army infantryman

   Synonym: piechur

   Hypernym: żołnierz

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

1. (nautical) bitts

   Synonyms: pachoł, poler

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