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
Translations
servo
criado
slaaf
domestique
uşak
servus
criado
δούλοςFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/knɛçt/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Middle High German knëht, from Old High German knëht, from Proto-West Germanic *kneht.
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