knecht
See also: Knecht
Czech
Etymology
From German Knecht.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈknɛxt]
- Hyphenation: knecht
Noun
knecht m anim
- soldier
- Synonym: voják
Declension
Declension of knecht
singular | plural | |
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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, 1935–1957
- knecht in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 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)
- A servant.
- (by extension) An assistant, hand, employee.
- (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): /knɛxt/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛxt
- Syllabification: knecht
Noun
knecht m pers
- (military, historical) German army infantryman
- Synonym: piechur
- Hypernym: żołnierz
Declension
Declension of knecht
singular | plural | |
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nominative | knecht | knechci |
genitive | knechta | knechtów |
dative | knechtowi | knechtom |
accusative | knechta | knechtów |
instrumental | knechtem | knechtami |
locative | knechcie | knechtach |
vocative | knechcie | knechci |
Noun
knecht m inan
- (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 Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- knecht in Polish dictionaries at PWN