Knecht

Derived from German surname, from Middle High German and Middle Low German knecht (“journeyman, knight's servant”).

Knecht (plural Knechts)

1. A surname from German.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Knecht is the 6,267^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5,452 individuals. Knecht is most common among White (95.34%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Knecht”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 322.

Derived from German surname, from Middle High German and Middle Low German knecht (“journeyman, knight's servant”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈknɛxt]

Knecht m anim (female equivalent Knechtová)

1. a male surname from German

• “Knecht”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

Inherited from Middle High German knëht, from Old High German kneht, from Proto-West Germanic *kneht.

• IPA^(key): /knɛçt/
• Rhymes: -ɛçt

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Knecht m (strong, genitive Knechtes or Knechts, plural Knechte, feminine Magd)

1. male servant, menial, especially on a farm
2. (figurative) serf, subordinate, someone unfree who serves another
3. (historical) a soldier, often a mercenary, of the 15th to 17th centuries
4. (obsolete) a boy or (young) man, typically of the lower classes

• knechten
• knechtisch
• Knechtschaft

• Knecht Ruprecht

• → Russian: кнехт (knext)

• “Knecht” in Duden online
• “Knecht” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

• IPA^(key): /kneçt/

Knecht m (plural Knecht)

1. servant

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary