knekt
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German knecht, from Old Saxon kneht, from Proto-West Germanic *kneht.
Noun
knekt m (definite singular knekten, indefinite plural knekter, definite plural knektene)
- jack (playing card)
References
- “knekt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German knecht, from Old Saxon kneht, from Proto-West Germanic *kneht.
Noun
knekt m (definite singular knekten, indefinite plural knektar, definite plural knektane)
- jack (playing card)
References
- “knekt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German knecht, from Old Saxon kneht, from Proto-West Germanic *kneht.
Pronunciation
- Homophone: knäckt
Noun
knekt c
Declension
| Declension of knekt | ||||
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| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | knekt | knekten | knektar | knektarna |
| Genitive | knekts | knektens | knektars | knektarnas |
Derived terms
- stridsknekt
- legoknekt
See also
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| åtta | nia, nio | tia, tio | knekt | dam, drottning | kung | joker |
Further reading
- knekt in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- knekt in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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