knekt
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German knecht, from Old Saxon kneht, from Proto-West Germanic *kneht.
Noun
knekt m (definite singular knekten, indefinite plural knekter, definite plural knektene)
- jack (playing card)
Alternative forms
Verb
knekt
- past participle of knekke
References
- “knekt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German knecht, from Old Saxon kneht, from Proto-West Germanic *kneht.
Noun
knekt m (definite singular knekten, indefinite plural knektar, definite plural knektane)
- jack (playing card)
References
- “knekt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German knecht, from Old Saxon kneht, from Proto-West Germanic *kneht.
Pronunciation
- Homophone: knäckt
Noun
knekt c
- a (foot) soldier (especially in the medieval and early modern period)
- Synonym: (modern) (fot)soldat
- (playing cards) jack; card ranking between the ten and queen (abbreviated Kn)
Usage notes
A knight is a riddare.
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | knekt | knekts |
| definite | knekten | knektens | |
| plural | indefinite | knektar | knektars |
| definite | knektarna | knektarnas |
Derived terms
- stridsknekt
- legoknekt
See also
| Playing cards in Swedish · kort (layout · text) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ess, äss | tvåa, två | trea, tre | fyra | femma, fem | sexa, sex | sjua, sju |
| åtta | nia, nio | tia, tio | knekt | dam | kung | joker |
Further reading
- knekt in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- knekt in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)