Masculine
Knecht
Meaning
- (masculine,strong) male servant, menial, especially on a farm
- (figuratively,masculine,strong) serf, subordinate, someone unfree who serves another
- (historical,masculine,strong) a soldier, often a mercenary, of the 15th to 17th centuries
- (masculine,obsolete,strong) a boy or (young) man, typically of the lower classes
Concepts
Synonyms
Landarbeiter
Subalterner
Hilfsarbeiter
Ergebener
treuer Gefolgsmann
Paladin
Peon
ergebener Anhänger
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/knɛçt/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Middle High German knëht, from Old High German kneht, from Proto-West Germanic *kneht.
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