knecht
See also: Knecht
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knecht m anim
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Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch cnecht, from Old Dutch *kneht, from Proto-West Germanic *kneht.
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knecht m (plural knechten or knechts, diminutive knechtje n)
- A servant.
- (by extension) An assistant, hand, employee.
- (derogatory) A flunky; often in diminutive form.
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(types by task/employer)
- bakkersknecht
- beulsknecht
- boerenknecht
- dekknecht
- herenknecht
- huisknecht
- landsknecht
- lansknecht
- lijfknecht
- livreiknecht
- meesterknecht
- schildknecht
- stalknecht
- toneelknecht
- veeknecht
- wapenknecht
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Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Knecht, from Middle High German knëht, from Old High German kneht, from Proto-West Germanic *kneht.
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knecht m pers
- (military, historical) German army infantryman
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Declension of knecht
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knecht m inan
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Declension of knecht
Further reading edit
- knecht in Polish dictionaries at PWN