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Knecht
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knecht
English
Etymology
en de - surname, from en gmh - and en gml knecht journeyman, knight's servant.
Proper noun
s
en German.
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Knecht is the 6,267th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5,452 individuals. Knecht is most common among White (95.34%) individuals.
Further reading
Czech
Etymology
cs de - surname, from cs gmh - and cs gml knecht journeyman, knight's servant.311
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m-an Knechtová
cs m German
Declension
m.an.surname
References
Further reading
German
Etymology
de :inh gmh:knëht
de gmh knëht, from de goh knëht, from de gmw-pro *kneht.
Pronunciation
de /knɛçt/
de ɛçt 1
de De-Knecht.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
m,(e)s Magd
male servant, menial, especially on a farm
de figurative serf, subordinate, someone unfree who serves another
de historical a soldier, often a mercenary, of the 15th to 17th centuries
de obsolete a boy or (young) man, typically of the lower classes
Declension
m,(e)s
Hyponyms
de Altknecht Bauernknecht Folterknecht Fürstenknecht Fußknecht Fussknecht Fotzenknecht Großknecht Grossknecht Hausknecht Hofknecht Judenknecht Jungknecht Kriegsknecht Landsknecht Mitknecht Pfaffenknecht Pferdeknecht Rinderknecht Schildknecht Stallknecht Waffenknecht Weberknecht Weiberknecht
Derived terms
de knechten
de knechtisch
de Knechtschaft
Related terms
de Knecht Ruprecht
Descendants
1 ru кнехт
Further reading
de Occupations
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
hrx /kneçt/
Noun
m Knecht
servant
Further reading
hrx Occupations