knecht

Borrowed from German Knecht.

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

knecht m anim

1. soldier

   Synonym: voják

• knecht in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• knecht in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

From Middle Dutch cnecht, from Old Dutch *kneht, from Proto-West Germanic *kneht.

• IPA^(key): /knɛxt/

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• Hyphenation: knecht
• Rhymes: -ɛxt

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.

• dienaar

• 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

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

Borrowed from German Knecht, from Middle High German knëht, from Old High German kneht, from Proto-West Germanic *kneht.

• IPA^(key): /knɛxt/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛxt
• Syllabification: knecht

knecht m pers

1. (military, historical) German army infantryman

   Synonym: piechur

   Hypernym: żołnierz

knecht m inan

1. (nautical) bitts

   Synonyms: pachoł, poler

• knecht in Polish dictionaries at PWN