knighthood

Bedeutung (Englisch)

  1. (countable, uncountable) An honour whereby one is made into a knight, and one can thereafter be called Sir.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The quality of being a knight.
  3. (countable, uncountable) The knights collectively, the body of knights.

Synonyme

Übersetzungen

ιπποτισμός

şövalyelik

الفروسية

título de nobreza

orden de caballería

ridderlijkheid

ιππόται

ιππότες

ιπποσύνη

Frequenz

30k
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

From Middle English knyghthode, knyȝthod, from Old English cnihthād, from Proto-West Germanic *knehtahaidu, equivalent to knight + -hood. Cognate with Dutch knechtheid, dialectal German Knechtheit.

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